Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26077003006 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077003006 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,515
How risky is Kalamazoo for landlords? Census tract 26077003006 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 100% of renter households, a severe level, and 58% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $122,244 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,186
Renter share3.8%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$122,244
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo County and the region
Centroid at 42.1838, -85.7305 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26077003006 scores 1.9
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
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 26077003006 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26077003006
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd 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 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077003006
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077003006?
Census tract 26077003006 in Kalamazoo County scores 1.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26077003006?
5.3% of residents in tract 26077003006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,515.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077003006?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 19th, minority 20th, housing 1th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26077003006 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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