Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Oak Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065006500 · Ingham County, MI · pop 3,138 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 26065006500 in the Oak Park area of Lansing, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,138 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 35% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,642

Renter share54.5%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate18.4%

Median income$54,017

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7350, -84.5302 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Park scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lansing

6.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.6

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

18.4% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$945 rent vs county FMR

3.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lansing

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lansing

5.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lansing

4.5

How Oak Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

51%Socioeconomic
31%Household composition
46%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
48%Grade B
10%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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
16.1%Food insecurity
15.1%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
19.4%Frequent mental distress
28.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oak Park

Cost burden runs 37% here against 46.5% across Ingham County. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lansing. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.

It tracks the Ingham County average of 4.6 closely. Average gross rent is $945, close to the Lansing average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $54,017.

55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065006500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065006500?

Census tract 26065006500 in the Oak Park neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26065006500?

Median gross rent is $945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065006500?

18.4% of residents in tract 26065006500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,138.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065006500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 31th, minority 46th, housing 57th.

Is tract 26065006500 considered part of Oak Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065006500 fall within Oak Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065006500 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065006500 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065006500 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lansing at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26065006500 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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