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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Forest View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065002902 · Ingham County, MI · pop 3,760 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26065002902 (the Forest View neighborhood of Lansing, Michigan) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,020 monthly, set against $46,613 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 64% Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units2,200
Renter share95.7%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$46,613

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Forest View
Very High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 41 tracts In Lansing
High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#366 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.6859, -84.5064 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest View scores 5.7

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
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,020 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Forest View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest View risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 002902Lansing: 3.73.7Lansingparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Forest View. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest View

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.8/10. 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 about the same as 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 White and Black and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% 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 26065002902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065002902?

Census tract 26065002902 in the Forest View neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 26065002902?

Median gross rent is $1,020/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065002902?

27.2% of residents in tract 26065002902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,760.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065002902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 5th, minority 70th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 26065002902 considered part of Forest View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065002902 fall within Forest View (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26065002902 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26065002902 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065002902 scores 5.7/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 26065002902 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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