Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Douglas Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077001503 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,501 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 26077001503 sits in the Douglas area of Westwood, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,268
Renter share35.2%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$69,253
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.3008, -85.6195 · click any tract to drill in
Why Douglas scores 4.6
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
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 Douglas compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 36%Grade B
- 10%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.
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)
- 142Total filings over 2 yrs
- 10.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2018)
- 78Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Douglas. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Douglas
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Kalamazoo County average of 45.3%. The filing record is not thin: 142 evictions over 2 years of observation.
The voucher gap is 14.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Average gross rent is $1,351, 10% above the Westwood average. The worst year on record was 2018, when 11.0% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 10.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001503?
Census tract 26077001503 in the Douglas neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26077001503?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001503?
13.9% of residents in tract 26077001503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,501.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 7th, minority 34th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001503 considered part of Douglas?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001503 fall within Douglas (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.00% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001503 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077001503 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077001503 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 26077001503 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kalamazoo
Top eight tracts in Kalamazoo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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