Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26077002909 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002909 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,228
Census tract 26077002909 covers part of Kalamazoo County, MI, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,228 residents. 87% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Kalamazoo County average of 45.3%.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,769
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$84,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo County and the region
Centroid at 42.2749, -85.7103 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26077002909 scores 3.9
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
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$937 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 26077002909 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26077002909
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.9/10.
It sits 0.9 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $84,688, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent runs $937 a month.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002909
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002909?
Census tract 26077002909 in Kalamazoo County scores 3.9/10 (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 26077002909?
Median gross rent is $937/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 87% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002909?
14.3% of residents in tract 26077002909 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,228.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002909?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 9th, minority 35th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26077002909 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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