Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ramona Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Portage
Tract 26077002102 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,005 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 26077002102 in the Ramona Park area of Portage, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,005 residents. Cost burden runs 27% here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,197
Renter share11.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$104,635
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.1745, -85.5578 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ramona Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
4.4
How Ramona Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 17Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2016)
- 8Filings 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ramona Park
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. It sits 1.8 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 17 filings here across 2 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 6.5% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002102?
Census tract 26077002102 in the Ramona Park neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 26077002102?
Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002102?
4.6% of residents in tract 26077002102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,005.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 22th, minority 25th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 26077002102 considered part of Ramona Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077002102 fall within Ramona Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.67% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077002102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077002102 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Portage at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001907
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002103
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002002
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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