Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Traverse City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26055551500 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 3,655 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Traverse City
For landlords sizing up Traverse City, census tract 26055551500 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It lands near the 32nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $960 monthly, set against $100,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,569
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$100,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Traverse City and the region
Centroid at 44.7694, -85.6701 · click any tract to drill in
Why Traverse City scores 2.5
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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$960 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Traverse City
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 3.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Traverse City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Grand Traverse County average of 5.2 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26055551500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055551500?
Census tract 26055551500 in Traverse City scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 26055551500?
Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055551500?
5.4% of residents in tract 26055551500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,655.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055551500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 36th, minority 22th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26055551500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26055551500 compare to Traverse City overall?
Tract 26055551500 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Traverse City at 3/10. 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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