Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Vicksburg Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077006103 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 5,486 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Vicksburg
Census tract 26077006103 sits in Vicksburg, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,019 monthly, set against $74,188 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,256
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$74,188
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vicksburg and the region
Centroid at 42.1106, -85.5578 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vicksburg scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vicksburg
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,019 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vicksburg
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vicksburg
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vicksburg
4.7
How Vicksburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 51Total filings over 2 yrs
- 8.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2016)
- 15Filings 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vicksburg
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.1/10. 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 Vicksburg, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 51 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 8.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.1% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 26077006103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077006103?
Census tract 26077006103 in Vicksburg scores 2.7/10 (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 26077006103?
Median gross rent is $1,019/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077006103?
8.0% of residents in tract 26077006103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,486.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077006103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 46th, minority 11th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077006103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077006103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.59% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077006103 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077006103 compare to Vicksburg overall?
Tract 26077006103 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Vicksburg at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vicksburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Vicksburg
Top eight tracts in Vicksburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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