Neighborhood · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

River Trail Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Lower , East Lansing

Tract 26065004491 · Ingham County, MI · pop 1,213 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 26065004491 in River Trail Neighborhood in East Lansing ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,213 residents. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Risk score

2.7

Lower

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7307, -84.4735 · click any tract to drill in

Why River Trail Neighborhood scores 2.7

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 River Trail 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
43%Racial/ethnic minority
-1,000%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
15%Grade B
0%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.

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.

25.9%Housing insecurity
22.2%Utility-shutoff threat
44.7%Food insecurity
48.3%SNAP enrollment
29.7%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
34.6%Frequent mental distress
46.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in River Trail Neighborhood

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 about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1000th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 26065004491

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065004491?

Census tract 26065004491 in the River Trail Neighborhood neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065004491?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 43th, housing -1000th.

Is tract 26065004491 considered part of River Trail Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065004491 fall within River Trail Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065004491 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.9% 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. 22.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065004491 compare to East Lansing overall?

Tract 26065004491 scores 2.7/10, lower 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 26065004491 historically redlined?

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