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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Navajo Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Okemos

Tract 26065004904 · Ingham County, MI · pop 4,819 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 26065004904 in the Navajo Ridge area of Okemos, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,819 residents. about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Ingham County average of 46.5%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 20% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,799
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$125,977

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Navajo Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Okemos
Moderate
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
Very Low
Within state
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#2,190 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Okemos and the region

Centroid at 42.7141, -84.4119 · click any tract to drill in

Why Navajo Ridge scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Okemos
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,150 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Okemos
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Okemos
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Okemos
6.0

How Navajo Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Navajo Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0049044.2Okemosparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

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 Navajo Ridge

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Against the Ingham County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.6 points.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,150 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Okemos commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.4/10.

Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $125,977, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065004904

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065004904?

Census tract 26065004904 in the Navajo Ridge neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26065004904?

Median gross rent is $1,150/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065004904?

7.2% of residents in tract 26065004904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,819.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065004904?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 59th, minority 55th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 26065004904 considered part of Navajo Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065004904 fall within Navajo Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26065004904 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26065004904 compare to Okemos overall?

Tract 26065004904 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Okemos at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Okemos eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Okemos

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

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