Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Sanford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26111291602 · Midland County, MI · pop 4,630 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Sanford
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26111291602 (Sanford, Michigan) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $981 monthly, set against $90,174 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
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
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
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 2.8
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
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at $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 Sanford, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Midland County average of 5.6 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 10.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.8% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26111291602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26111291602?
Census tract 26111291602 in Sanford scores 2.8/10 (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 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Sanford at 2.9/10. 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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