Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26147632000 · St. Clair County, MI · pop 4,071 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Lakeport
Eviction risk in Lakeport centers on tract 26147632000, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,071 residents. That is riskier than roughly 68% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,080 a month while the average household earns $66,342 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,739
Renter share15.1%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$66,342
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeport and the region
Centroid at 43.1219, -82.5048 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeport scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lakeport
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,080 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakeport
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakeport
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakeport
7.9
How Lakeport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeport
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.9/10. 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 Lakeport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the St. Clair County average of 5.5 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th 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 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% 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 26147632000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26147632000?
Census tract 26147632000 in Lakeport scores 4.4/10 (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 26147632000?
Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26147632000?
11.3% of residents in tract 26147632000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,071.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26147632000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 26th, minority 20th, housing 49th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26147632000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26147632000 compare to Lakeport overall?
Tract 26147632000 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lakeport at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakeport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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