Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077001502 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,521 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 26077001502 covers part of the Westwood area of Westwood, MI, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,521. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,272
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$48,958
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.3050, -85.6367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,122 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kalamazoo
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kalamazoo
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kalamazoo
6.7
How Westwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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)
- 258Total filings over 2 yrs
- 12.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2016)
- 121Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westwood. 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
Cost burden runs 54% here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 258 filings here across 2 tracked years. Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
At $1,122 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Westwood commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 13.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $48,958.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001502?
Census tract 26077001502 in the Westwood neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26077001502?
Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001502?
16.5% of residents in tract 26077001502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,521.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 31th, minority 42th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001502 considered part of Westwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001502 fall within Westwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 258 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.47% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077001502 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077001502 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Kalamazoo at 5.9/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kalamazoo
Top eight tracts in Kalamazoo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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