Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Traverse City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26055551303 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 2,851 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Traverse City
With a score of 5/10, tract 26055551303 in Traverse City, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,851. Set annual rent against average income of $33,381 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,374
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate28.4%
Median income$33,381
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Traverse City and the region
Centroid at 44.7240, -85.5933 · click any tract to drill in
Why Traverse City scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Traverse City
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
28.4% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$982 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Traverse City
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Traverse City
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Traverse City
3.2
How Traverse City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 22.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Traverse City
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 7.5/10.
Against the Grand Traverse County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Cost burden runs 49% here against 43.0% across Grand Traverse County. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $982, close to the Traverse City average.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26055551303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055551303?
Census tract 26055551303 in Traverse City scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26055551303?
Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055551303?
28.4% of residents in tract 26055551303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055551303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 71th, minority 8th, housing 91th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26055551303 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26055551303 compare to Traverse City overall?
Tract 26055551303 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Traverse City at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Traverse City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Traverse City
Top eight tracts in Traverse City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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