Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Pine Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Vandercook Lake
Tract 26075005302 · Jackson County, MI · pop 4,325 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 26075005302 runs through the Pine Ridge neighborhood of Vandercook Lake. With 4,325 residents, it scores 5.8/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #26,743 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
69% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,351 a month while the average household earns $77,063 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,871
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$77,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vandercook Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.2167, -84.4543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pine Ridge scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vandercook Lake
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
7.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vandercook Lake
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vandercook Lake
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vandercook Lake
5.0
How Pine Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 8%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)
- 125Total filings over 9 yrs
- 2.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2012)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pine Ridge. 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pine Ridge
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Vandercook Lake, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jackson County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 125 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% 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 26075005302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26075005302?
Census tract 26075005302 in the Pine Ridge neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 26075005302?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26075005302?
5.6% of residents in tract 26075005302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,325.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26075005302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 58th, minority 22th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 26075005302 considered part of Pine Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26075005302 fall within Pine Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26075005302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 26075005302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.66% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26075005302 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26075005302 compare to Vandercook Lake overall?
Tract 26075005302 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Vandercook Lake at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vandercook Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 26075005302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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