Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Northwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Parchment
Tract 26077001501 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 5,090 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 4/10, tract 26077001501 in the Northwood area of Kalamazoo County, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,090 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,201
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$66,118
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Parchment and the region
Centroid at 42.3259, -85.6062 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwood scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Parchment
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$964 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Parchment
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Parchment
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Parchment
5.0
How Northwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 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.
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)
- 197Total filings over 2 yrs
- 27.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 32.6%Peak (2016)
- 82Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Northwood. 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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwood
The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Kalamazoo County average of 45.3%.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 197 filings here across 2 tracked years.
Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2016 at 32.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Kalamazoo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 27.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $66,118, annual rent is just 17%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001501?
Census tract 26077001501 in the Northwood neighborhood scores 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 26077001501?
Median gross rent is $964/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001501?
10.8% of residents in tract 26077001501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,090.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 11th, minority 35th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001501 considered part of Northwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001501 fall within Northwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 197 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.91% of renter households, peaking at 32.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001501 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077001501 compare to Parchment overall?
Tract 26077001501 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Parchment at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parchment; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 26077001501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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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