Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Northtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065000800 · Ingham County, MI · pop 2,749 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26065000800 (the Northtown area of Lansing, Michigan) comes in at 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,239 a month while the average household earns $49,054 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 16% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units1,205

Renter share56.3%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate31.8%

Median income$49,054

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7471, -84.5372 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northtown scores 5.8

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

31.8% poverty · this tract

7.9

Supply constraint

$1,239 rent vs county FMR

6.0

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 Northtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

79%Socioeconomic
34%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
25%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
83%Grade C
17%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.

25.8%Housing insecurity
19.8%Utility-shutoff threat
35.5%Food insecurity
37.2%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
15.8%No health insurance
23.2%Frequent mental distress
41.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northtown

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.9/10. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 25.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 17% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 26065000800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065000800?

Census tract 26065000800 in the Northtown neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26065000800?

Median gross rent is $1,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065000800?

31.8% of residents in tract 26065000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,749.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 34th, minority 65th, housing 25th.

Is tract 26065000800 considered part of Northtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065000800 fall within Northtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.8% 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. 19.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065000800 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065000800 scores 5.8/10, 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 26065000800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 17% 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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