Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Sycamore Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065002200 · Ingham County, MI · pop 1,566 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 26065002200 covers the Sycamore Park area of Lansing in Michigan. Home to 1,566 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 53% of US census tracts.

About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,191 monthly, set against $69,844 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 12% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units742

Renter share16.0%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate16.0%

Median income$69,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7095, -84.5347 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sycamore Park scores 4.5

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

16.0% poverty · this tract

4.0

Supply constraint

$1,191 rent vs county FMR

5.6

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 Sycamore Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

25%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
23%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
27%Grade B
73%Grade C
0%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.

10.0%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
11.9%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sycamore Park

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.6/10. 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 below the Ingham County average of 6.2 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065002200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065002200?

Census tract 26065002200 in the Sycamore Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26065002200?

Median gross rent is $1,191/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065002200?

16.0% of residents in tract 26065002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,566.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 63th, minority 33th, housing 23th.

Is tract 26065002200 considered part of Sycamore Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065002200 fall within Sycamore Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065002200 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065002200 scores 4.5/10, 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 26065002200 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. 0% 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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