Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Climax Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077003400 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,569 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Climax
Tract 26077003400 covers Climax in Michigan. Home to 3,569 residents, it scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 26% of US census tracts.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $864 a month against an average household income of $77,713 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,385
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$77,713
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Climax and the region
Centroid at 42.1606, -85.3504 · click any tract to drill in
Why Climax scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Climax
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$864 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Climax
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Climax
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Climax
4.0
How Climax compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 18Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2018)
- 10Filings 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Climax
The score leans hardest on housing court bias 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 inherited from Climax, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 18 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.7% 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 26077003400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077003400?
Census tract 26077003400 in Climax scores 2.6/10 (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 26077003400?
Median gross rent is $864/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077003400?
8.4% of residents in tract 26077003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,569.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077003400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 42th, minority 7th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077003400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077003400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.14% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077003400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077003400 compare to Climax overall?
Tract 26077003400 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Climax at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Climax; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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