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Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Shields Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26145012002 · Saginaw County, MI · pop 3,470 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Shields

Census tract 26145012002 runs through Shields. With 3,470 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.

About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $87,412 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 3% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$87,412

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Shields
Very Low
Within county
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 61 tracts In Saginaw County
Low
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#1,768 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Moderate
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,660 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shields and the region

Centroid at 43.4561, -84.1272 · click any tract to drill in

Why Shields scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Shields
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shields
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shields
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shields
6.6

How Shields compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Shields risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.13.1This tracttract 012002Shields: 3.23.2Shieldsparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Shields

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Shields, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Saginaw County average of 6.1 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26145012002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26145012002?

Census tract 26145012002 in Shields scores 3.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26145012002?

7.0% of residents in tract 26145012002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,470.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 26145012002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 20th, minority 4th, housing 1th.
Q4

What share of households in tract 26145012002 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5

How does tract 26145012002 compare to Shields overall?

Tract 26145012002 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Shields at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shields; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Shields

Top eight tracts in Shields ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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