Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26077002901 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002901 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,814
Tract 26077002901 covers Kalamazoo in Michigan. Home to 3,814 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #36,167 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,000 a month against an average household income of $78,906 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
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
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
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 2.7
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
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kalamazoo County average of 6.2 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% 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 29 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 30.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 31.9% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002901?
Census tract 26077002901 in Kalamazoo County scores 2.7/10 (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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