Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Northwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Parchment
Tract 26077001501 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 5,090 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 26077001501, home to 5,090 residents in the Northwood area of Parchment, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $964 a month against an average household income of $66,118 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
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
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Parchment and the region
Centroid at 42.3259, -85.6062 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwood scores 3.3
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
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 inherited from Parchment, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kalamazoo County average of 6.2 and in line with 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 58th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 197 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 27.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 32.6% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001501?
Census tract 26077001501 in the Northwood neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 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 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Parchment at 3.3/10. 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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