Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Jackson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26075000500 · Jackson County, MI · pop 1,656
Tract 26075000500 covers Jackson in Michigan. Home to 1,656 residents, it scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,012 monthly, set against $47,759 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units734
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$47,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jackson and the region
Centroid at 42.2504, -84.4249 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jackson scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jackson
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jackson
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jackson
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jackson
8.7
How Jackson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
- 88%Grade B
- 12%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 396Total filings over 9 yrs
- 15.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.0%Peak (2015)
- 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jackson
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Jackson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jackson County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% 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 26075000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26075000500?
Census tract 26075000500 in Jackson scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26075000500?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26075000500?
12.8% of residents in tract 26075000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,656.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26075000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 44th, minority 49th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26075000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 396 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 26075000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.21% of renter households, peaking at 19.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26075000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26075000500 compare to Jackson overall?
Tract 26075000500 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Jackson at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jackson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26075000500 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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Highest-risk tracts in Jackson
Top eight tracts in Jackson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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