Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Vine Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kalamazoo

Tract 26077000601 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,279 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

In the Vine area of Kalamazoo, census tract 26077000601 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $978 monthly, set against $45,357 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 76% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 41% Owners 24%

Tract context

Occupied units1,936

Renter share76.2%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate23.8%

Median income$45,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region

Centroid at 42.2810, -85.5941 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vine scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Kalamazoo

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

23.8% poverty · this tract

5.9

Supply constraint

$978 rent vs county FMR

3.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kalamazoo

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kalamazoo

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kalamazoo

8.4

How Vine compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

87%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
69%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.

8%Grade A
1%Grade B
58%Grade C
1%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

Within Vine. 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.

17.8%Housing insecurity
14.3%Utility-shutoff threat
25.5%Food insecurity
26.8%SNAP enrollment
14.7%Transit barriers
9.6%No health insurance
25.1%Frequent mental distress
34.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vine

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Kalamazoo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kalamazoo County average of 6.2 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 26077000601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077000601?

Census tract 26077000601 in the Vine neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 26077000601?

Median gross rent is $978/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26077000601?

23.8% of residents in tract 26077000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,279.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26077000601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 9th, minority 33th, housing 69th.

Is tract 26077000601 considered part of Vine?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077000601 fall within Vine (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26077000601 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.8% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26077000601 compare to Kalamazoo overall?

Tract 26077000601 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Kalamazoo at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kalamazoo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26077000601 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. 1% 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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