Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26075005502 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26075005502 · Jackson County, MI · pop 2,391
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 26075005502 in Jackson County, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,058
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$51,433
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jackson County and the region
Centroid at 42.2538, -84.4539 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26075005502 scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,042 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26075005502 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 0%Grade B
- 57%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.
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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26075005502
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 45% here against 38.3% across Jackson County.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Jackson. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Jackson County average of 4.1 closely.
Average gross rent runs $1,042 a month. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $51,433. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26075005502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26075005502?
Census tract 26075005502 in Jackson County 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 26075005502?
Median gross rent is $1,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26075005502?
14.1% of residents in tract 26075005502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,391.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26075005502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 96th, minority 49th, housing 67th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26075005502 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 26075005502 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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