Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Creston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065003200 · Ingham County, MI · pop 1,997 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 26065003200 sits in the Creston area of Lansing eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. It is home to 1,997 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 26% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units744

Renter share38.0%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate16.2%

Median income$58,021

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7650, -84.5491 · click any tract to drill in

Why Creston 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

16.2% poverty · this tract

4.0

Supply constraint

$982 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 Creston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

77%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
48%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
70%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 Creston. 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.

16.6%Housing insecurity
11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
19.8%SNAP enrollment
11.0%Transit barriers
10.2%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
34.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Creston

Cost burden runs 33% here against 46.5% across Ingham County. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Ingham County average of 4.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $982, close to the Lansing average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $58,021.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065003200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065003200?

Census tract 26065003200 in the Creston 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 26065003200?

Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065003200?

16.2% of residents in tract 26065003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,997.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065003200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 87th, minority 57th, housing 48th.

Is tract 26065003200 considered part of Creston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065003200 fall within Creston (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065003200 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.6% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065003200 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065003200 scores 4.5/10, 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 26065003200 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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