Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Richland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002701 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 2,986 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Richland
Tract 26077002701, home to 2,986 residents in Richland, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #16,530 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $998 a month against an average household income of $115,529 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,192
Renter share14.3%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$115,529
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richland and the region
Centroid at 42.3721, -85.4401 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richland scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Richland
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$998 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richland
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richland
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richland
5.9
How Richland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richland
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.9/10. 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 Richland, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26077002701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002701?
Census tract 26077002701 in Richland scores 1.8/10 (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 26077002701?
Median gross rent is $998/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002701?
6.2% of residents in tract 26077002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,986.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 13th, minority 21th, housing 3th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26077002701 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26077002701 compare to Richland overall?
Tract 26077002701 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Richland at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Richland
Top eight tracts in Richland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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