Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Parkview Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077001604 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 1,650 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 26077001604 runs through the Parkview Hills area of Kalamazoo. With 1,650 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,145 a month while the average household earns $74,063 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
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 parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
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 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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Parkview Hills
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Kalamazoo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kalamazoo County average of 6.2 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 48 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 6.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.2% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
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 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 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 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Kalamazoo at 3.5/10. 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.
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