Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
South Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , East Lansing
Tract 26065004490 ·
Ingham County, MI · pop 3,180 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
26065004490 is a census tract in the South Neighborhood area of East Lansing, MI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%Stable renters 0%Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In South Neighborhood
Moderate
Within parent city
11th percentile
#17 of 19 tracts In East Lansing
Very Low
Within county
65th percentile
#30 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
Elevated
Within state
73th percentile
#801 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Lansing and the region
Centroid at 42.7231, -84.4891 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Neighborhood scores 5
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
this tract poverty rate
3.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 South Neighborhood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: -1,000
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
-1,000%Socioeconomic
-1,000%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
-1,000%Housing & transportation
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.
16.7%Housing insecurity
12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
28.0%Food insecurity
25.2%SNAP enrollment
19.4%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
30.7%Frequent mental distress
37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Neighborhood
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 25.2% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Model confidence here is 45%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point. It tracks the Ingham County average of 4.6 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26065004490
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065004490?
Census tract 26065004490 in the South Neighborhood neighborhood scores 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.
Q2
How socially vulnerable is tract 26065004490?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 42th, housing -1000th.
Q3
Is tract 26065004490 considered part of South Neighborhood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065004490 fall within South Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q4
What share of households in tract 26065004490 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26065004490 compare to East Lansing overall?
Tract 26065004490 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of East Lansing at 6.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Lansing
Top eight tracts in East Lansing ranked by composite eviction-risk score.