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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally

Parkview Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo

Tract 26077001604 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 1,650 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 26077001604 sits in the Parkview Hills area of Kalamazoo eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. It is home to 1,650 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 19% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units812
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$74,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Parkview Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 26 tracts In Kalamazoo
Low
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 68 tracts In Kalamazoo County
Elevated
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#111 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region

Centroid at 42.2507, -85.6327 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkview Hills scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,145 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Parkview Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parkview Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.4This tracttract 0016045.9Kalamazooparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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
  • 6.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.2%Peak (2016)
  • 18Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkview Hills

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10.

Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County.

Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 48 evictions over 2 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 8.2% of renter households.

In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.

Average gross rent is $1,145, close to the Kalamazoo average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $74,063.

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 26077001604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001604?

Census tract 26077001604 in the Parkview Hills neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 26077001604?

Median gross rent is $1,145/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001604?

17.3% of residents in tract 26077001604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,650.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 62th, minority 51th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 26077001604 considered part of Parkview Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001604 fall within Parkview Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001604?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.60% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26077001604 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26077001604 compare to Kalamazoo overall?

Tract 26077001604 scores 6.4/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kalamazoo

Top eight tracts in Kalamazoo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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