Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Shields Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26145012003 · Saginaw County, MI · pop 4,754 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Shields
Tract 26145012003, home to 4,754 residents in Shields in Saginaw County, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,018 a month against an average household income of $82,930 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,159
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$82,930
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shields and the region
Centroid at 43.4116, -84.1208 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shields scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,018 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
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 about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 26145012003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26145012003?
Census tract 26145012003 in Shields scores 3.6/10 (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 26145012003?
Median gross rent is $1,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26145012003?
12.5% of residents in tract 26145012003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,754.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26145012003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 81th, minority 16th, housing 42th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26145012003 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26145012003 compare to Shields overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shields
Top eight tracts in Shields ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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