Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

Glencairn Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Lansing

Tract 26065004000 · Ingham County, MI · pop 4,315 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

The Glencairn neighborhood of East Lansing is where census tract 26065004000 sits, home to 4,315 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.7/10. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 48% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,024 a month against an average household income of $46,167 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 18% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units2,018

Renter share54.9%

SVI overall0.44

Poverty rate33.4%

Median income$46,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7393, -84.4977 · click any tract to drill in

Why Glencairn scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East Lansing

6.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

33.4% poverty · this tract

8.4

Supply constraint

$1,024 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Lansing

9.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Lansing

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from East Lansing

9.5

How Glencairn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

64%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
25%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

71%Grade A
5%Grade B
1%Grade C
7%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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
13.4%Food insecurity
12.4%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
29.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Glencairn

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 East Lansing eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Ingham County average of 6.2 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 7% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was A ("Best"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 26065004000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065004000?

Census tract 26065004000 in the Glencairn neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 26065004000?

Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065004000?

33.4% of residents in tract 26065004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,315.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065004000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 4th, minority 25th, housing 75th.

Is tract 26065004000 considered part of Glencairn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065004000 fall within Glencairn (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065004000 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065004000 compare to East Lansing overall?

Tract 26065004000 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of East Lansing at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26065004000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 7% 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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