Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Mason Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26065006302 · Ingham County, MI · pop 3,801 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Mason
Census tract 26065006302 runs through Mason. With 3,801 residents, it scores 5.8/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,296 monthly, set against $89,038 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,646
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$89,038
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mason and the region
Centroid at 42.5651, -84.4447 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mason scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mason
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,296 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mason
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mason
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mason
3.4
How Mason compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mason
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.7/10. 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 Mason, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Ingham County average of 6.2 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26065006302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065006302?
Census tract 26065006302 in Mason scores 2.5/10 (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 26065006302?
Median gross rent is $1,296/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26065006302?
8.9% of residents in tract 26065006302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,801.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26065006302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 66th, minority 22th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26065006302 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26065006302 compare to Mason overall?
Tract 26065006302 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Mason at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mason; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mason
Top eight tracts in Mason ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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