Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26075005601 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26075005601 · Jackson County, MI · pop 5,231
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26075005601 (Jackson in Jackson County, Michigan) comes in at 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,043 a month against an average household income of $53,661 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,423
Renter share61.1%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$53,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jackson County and the region
Centroid at 42.2889, -84.4581 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26075005601 scores 3.4
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,043 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 26075005601 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 0%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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 17.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26075005601
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Jackson County average of 5.7 and below 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 67th 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 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% 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 26075005601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26075005601?
Census tract 26075005601 in Jackson County scores 3.4/10 (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 26075005601?
Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26075005601?
7.4% of residents in tract 26075005601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26075005601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 46th, minority 18th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26075005601 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 26075005601 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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