Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgeport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26145011500 · Saginaw County, MI · pop 2,727 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Bridgeport
Census tract 26145011500 belongs to Bridgeport, Michigan. It is home to 2,727 residents and scores 6.1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $528 a month while the average household earns $38,253 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,149
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$38,253
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bridgeport and the region
Centroid at 43.3844, -83.9097 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgeport scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bridgeport
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$528 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bridgeport
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bridgeport
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bridgeport
6.1
How Bridgeport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 19%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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
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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 18.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.2%Food insecurity
- 36.9%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 45.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgeport
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bridgeport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Saginaw County average of 6.1 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 26145011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26145011500?
Census tract 26145011500 in Bridgeport scores 5.7/10 (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 26145011500?
Median gross rent is $528/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26145011500?
37.2% of residents in tract 26145011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26145011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 98th, minority 63th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26145011500 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26145011500 compare to Bridgeport overall?
Tract 26145011500 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgeport at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bridgeport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26145011500 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bridgeport
Top eight tracts in Bridgeport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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