Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Oakwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077001603 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 1,563 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 26077001603 covers part of the Oakwood area of Kalamazoo, MI, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units849
Renter share35.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$55,515
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.2562, -85.6213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakwood scores 6.2
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,130 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Oakwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 68%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)
- 48Total filings over 2 yrs
- 12.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.2%Peak (2016)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakwood
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8. Against Kalamazoo County at 45.3%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 48 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.2% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 12.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,130, close to the Kalamazoo average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001603?
Census tract 26077001603 in the Oakwood neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 26077001603?
Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001603?
11.0% of residents in tract 26077001603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,563.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 53th, minority 31th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001603 considered part of Oakwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001603 fall within Oakwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.24% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001603 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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 26077001603 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077001603 scores 6.2/10, higher 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 26077001603 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. 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.
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