Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Williamston Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26065005800 · Ingham County, MI · pop 5,840 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Williamston
Census tract 26065005800 covers Williamston, home to 5,840 residents. For landlords it grades 6.5/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 69% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $980 a month against an average household income of $88,435 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,496
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$88,435
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Williamston and the region
Centroid at 42.7042, -84.2898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Williamston scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Williamston
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$980 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Williamston
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Williamston
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Williamston
7.0
How Williamston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Williamston
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 Williamston, 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 38th 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 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% 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 26065005800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065005800?
Census tract 26065005800 in Williamston scores 2.2/10 (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 26065005800?
Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26065005800?
5.7% of residents in tract 26065005800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26065005800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 35th, minority 3th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26065005800 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26065005800 compare to Williamston overall?
Tract 26065005800 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Williamston at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Williamston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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