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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Creston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

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

Census tract 26065003200 belongs to the Creston neighborhood of Lansing, Michigan. It is home to 1,997 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $982 a month against an average household income of $58,021 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
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.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Creston
Very High
Within parent city
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 41 tracts In Lansing
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#767 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

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

Why Creston scores 4.7

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
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.
Creston risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 003200Lansing: 3.73.7Lansingparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Creston

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26065003200

Q1

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

Census tract 26065003200 in the Creston neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 26065003200?

Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 26065003200 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065003200 scores 4.7/10, 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 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lansing

Top eight tracts in Lansing ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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