Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26077002901 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002901 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,814
Census tract 26077002901 covers part of Kalamazoo County, MI, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,557
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$78,906
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo County and the region
Centroid at 42.3806, -85.6944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26077002901 scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,000 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26077002901 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 29Total filings over 2 yrs
- 30.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.9%Peak (2018)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26077002901
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8.
The filing record is not thin: 29 evictions over 2 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2018 at 31.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 30.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Against average income of $78,906, annual rent is just 15%.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002901?
Census tract 26077002901 in Kalamazoo County scores 3.1/10 (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 26077002901?
Median gross rent is $1,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002901?
5.4% of residents in tract 26077002901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,814.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 39th, minority 9th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.85% of renter households, peaking at 31.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077002901 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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.
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