Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Sanford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26111291602 · Midland County, MI · pop 4,630 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Sanford
Census tract 26111291602 covers part of Sanford, MI, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,630. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,839
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$90,174
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sanford and the region
Centroid at 43.6826, -84.4188 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sanford scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sanford
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$981 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sanford
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sanford
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sanford
7.4
How Sanford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 55Total filings over 2 yrs
- 10.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2016)
- 31Filings in 2016 (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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sanford
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against Midland County at 40.9%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.
Court records carry 55 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10.
Against average income of $90,174, annual rent is just 13%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26111291602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26111291602?
Census tract 26111291602 in Sanford scores 3.7/10 (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 26111291602?
Median gross rent is $981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26111291602?
13.0% of residents in tract 26111291602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,630.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26111291602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 33th, minority 5th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26111291602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26111291602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.06% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26111291602 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26111291602 compare to Sanford overall?
Tract 26111291602 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Sanford at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sanford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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