Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Old Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065000700 · Ingham County, MI · pop 3,192 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26065000700 covers the Old Forest neighborhood of Lansing in Michigan. Home to 3,192 residents, it scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #8,168 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $975 monthly, set against $43,906 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 30% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units1,323

Renter share71.5%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate37.0%

Median income$43,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7442, -84.5561 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Forest scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lansing

6.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

37.0% poverty · this tract

9.3

Supply constraint

$975 rent vs county FMR

3.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lansing

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lansing

5.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lansing

4.5

How Old Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

93%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
83%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
60%Grade B
21%Grade C
9%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

23.1%Housing insecurity
19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
31.3%Food insecurity
35.2%SNAP enrollment
17.2%Transit barriers
11.2%No health insurance
23.2%Frequent mental distress
38.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old Forest

What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lansing eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ingham County average of 6.2 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 9% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 23.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065000700?

Census tract 26065000700 in the Old Forest neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26065000700?

Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065000700?

37.0% of residents in tract 26065000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,192.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 82th, minority 77th, housing 83th.

Is tract 26065000700 considered part of Old Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065000700 fall within Old Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.1% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065000700 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065000700 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lansing at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26065000700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 9% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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