Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Forest View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

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

Census tract 26065002902 covers part of the Forest View area of Lansing, MI, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,760 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score

5.4

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.

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 5.4

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

78%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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
28%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.

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.

14.6%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
19.3%Food insecurity
17.1%SNAP enrollment
11.9%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
21.4%Frequent mental distress
27.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest View

This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Ingham County at 46.5%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Ingham County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lansing. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,020, close to the Lansing average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065002902

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

Census tract 26065002902 in the Forest View neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26065002902?

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 26065002902 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065002902 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lansing at 4/10. 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 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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