Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Utica Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26099228000 · Macomb County, MI · pop 3,535
Census tract 26099228000 covers part of Utica, MI, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,535. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,740
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$56,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Utica and the region
Centroid at 42.6306, -83.0121 · click any tract to drill in
Why Utica scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Utica
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,230 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Utica
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Utica
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Utica
6.3
How Utica compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Utica
Cost burden runs 59% here against 44.2% across Macomb County. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Against the Macomb County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
Average gross rent is $1,230, 9% above the Utica average. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $56,469.
36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 26099228000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099228000?
Census tract 26099228000 in Utica scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 26099228000?
Median gross rent is $1,230/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26099228000?
6.0% of residents in tract 26099228000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,535.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26099228000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 87th, minority 34th, housing 95th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26099228000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26099228000 compare to Utica overall?
Tract 26099228000 scores 4.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Utica at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Utica; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Utica
Top eight tracts in Utica ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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