Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Scotts Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077003302 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 6,373 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Scotts
How risky is Scotts for landlords? Census tract 26077003302 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #51,578 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,165 a month while the average household earns $77,645 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,331
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$77,645
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scotts and the region
Centroid at 42.2086, -85.4763 · click any tract to drill in
Why Scotts scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scotts
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scotts
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scotts
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scotts
2.9
How Scotts compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 555Total filings over 2 yrs
- 98.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 111.4%Peak (2018)
- 313Filings 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Scotts
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.9/10. 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 inherited from Scotts, 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 below 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 24th 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 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% 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 26077003302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077003302?
Census tract 26077003302 in Scotts scores 2.8/10 (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 26077003302?
Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077003302?
10.7% of residents in tract 26077003302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,373.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077003302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 15th, minority 26th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077003302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 555 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077003302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 98.76% of renter households, peaking at 111.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077003302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077003302 compare to Scotts overall?
Tract 26077003302 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Scotts at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scotts; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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