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

East Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Lansing

Tract 26065004493 · Ingham County, MI · pop 1,416 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26065004493 (the East Neighborhood neighborhood of East Lansing, Michigan) comes in at 7.9/10, the Elevated tier. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 100% of renter households, a severe level, and 100% are severely burdened at 50% or more. About 100% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 100% Stable renters 0% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units3
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall-10.00
Poverty rate100.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In East Neighborhood
Very High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 19 tracts In East Lansing
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#219 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across East Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7274, -84.4675 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Neighborhood 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
100.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
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 East Neighborhood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Neighborhood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 004493East Lansing: 3.43.4East Lansingparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

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

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.

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 East Neighborhood. 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 East Neighborhood

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 28.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 26065004493

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065004493?

Census tract 26065004493 in the East Neighborhood 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.
Q2

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065004493?

100.0% of residents in tract 26065004493 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,416.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065004493?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 51th, housing -1000th.
Q4

Is tract 26065004493 considered part of East Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065004493 fall within East Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 26065004493 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.5% 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. 28.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 26065004493 compare to East Lansing overall?

Tract 26065004493 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.
Q7

Was tract 26065004493 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in East Lansing

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

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