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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Buena Vista Eviction Risk: Moderate , Saginaw

Tract 26145011002 · Saginaw County, MI · pop 3,318 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26145011002 sits in the Buena Vista area of Buena Vista, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Population here is 3,318. Against Saginaw County at 48.1%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 20% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,127
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$46,497

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Buena Vista
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Saginaw
Very Low
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 61 tracts In Saginaw County
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#465 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Saginaw and the region

Centroid at 43.4166, -83.8919 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buena Vista scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Saginaw
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saginaw
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saginaw
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saginaw
9.4

How Buena Vista compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Buena Vista risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0110024.6Saginawparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Buena Vista. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Buena Vista

Food insecurity runs 54.7% against 17.8% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 34.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against the Saginaw County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Saginaw. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26145011002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26145011002?

Census tract 26145011002 in the Buena Vista neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 26145011002?

Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26145011002?

23.1% of residents in tract 26145011002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,318.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26145011002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 26145011002 considered part of Buena Vista?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26145011002 fall within Buena Vista (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26145011002 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.0% 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. 34.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26145011002 compare to Saginaw overall?

Tract 26145011002 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Saginaw at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saginaw eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26145011002 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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