Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
South Westnedge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077001702 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,960 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
26077001702 is a census tract in the South Westnedge area of Kalamazoo, MI. It scores 7.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,960 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,620
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$57,578
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.2557, -85.5825 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Westnedge scores 7.2
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
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 South Westnedge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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
- 8%Grade B
- 34%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)
- 180Total filings over 2 yrs
- 9.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2016)
- 81Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Westnedge. 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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 18.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Westnedge
The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 180 evictions over 2 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 9.9% of renter households were served. 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 9.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001702?
Census tract 26077001702 in the South Westnedge neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 26077001702?
Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001702?
20.4% of residents in tract 26077001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,960.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 58th, minority 44th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001702 considered part of South Westnedge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001702 fall within South Westnedge (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 180 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.04% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001702 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077001702 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077001702 scores 7.2/10, 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 26077001702 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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