Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Eastwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Comstock Northwest
Tract 26077005501 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,069 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 26077005501 in the Eastwood area of Kalamazoo, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,069. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,507
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$41,792
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Comstock Northwest and the region
Centroid at 42.3172, -85.5543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastwood scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Comstock Northwest
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$761 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Comstock Northwest
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Comstock Northwest
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Comstock Northwest
8.4
How Eastwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 167Total filings over 2 yrs
- 16.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.7%Peak (2018)
- 99Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Eastwood. 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.
- 18.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.7%Food insecurity
- 30.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastwood
It sits 2.5 points above the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10.
At $761 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Kalamazoo commands. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.
SNAP participation runs 30.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 26.7% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 167 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
Cost burden runs 50% here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County. Filings peaked in 2018 at 19.7% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
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 26077005501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077005501?
Census tract 26077005501 in the Eastwood neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 26077005501?
Median gross rent is $761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077005501?
27.7% of residents in tract 26077005501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,069.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077005501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 99th, minority 50th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 26077005501 considered part of Eastwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077005501 fall within Eastwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077005501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 167 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077005501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.64% of renter households, peaking at 19.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077005501 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077005501 compare to Comstock Northwest overall?
Tract 26077005501 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Comstock Northwest at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Comstock Northwest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 26077005501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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