Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26093741602 · Livingston County, MI · pop 3,720
Tract 26093741602 covers Brighton in Livingston County in Michigan. Home to 3,720 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 29th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,031 a month while the average household earns $114,551 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,666
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$114,551
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brighton and the region
Centroid at 42.5167, -83.7831 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brighton
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,031 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brighton
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brighton
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brighton
4.8
How Brighton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 7Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2010 (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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brighton
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Brighton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Livingston County average of 5.1 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2010.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% 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 26093741602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26093741602?
Census tract 26093741602 in Brighton scores 1.4/10 (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 26093741602?
Median gross rent is $1,031/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26093741602?
2.5% of residents in tract 26093741602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,720.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26093741602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 65th, minority 14th, housing 2th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26093741602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26093741602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.22% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26093741602 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26093741602 compare to Brighton overall?
Tract 26093741602 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Brighton at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brighton
Top eight tracts in Brighton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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