Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Kingston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26157000500 · Tuscola County, MI · pop 4,822 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Kingston
Here is how census tract 26157000500, in Kingston, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,822. It lands near the 42nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $838 monthly, set against $65,399 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,877
Renter share13.5%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$65,399
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingston and the region
Centroid at 43.4585, -83.2443 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingston scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingston
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$838 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingston
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingston
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingston
6.7
How Kingston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 40Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2016)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingston
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.7/10. 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 Kingston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tuscola County average of 5.2 and below 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 55th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% 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 26157000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26157000500?
Census tract 26157000500 in Kingston scores 4.1/10 (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 26157000500?
Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26157000500?
11.8% of residents in tract 26157000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,822.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26157000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 67th, minority 5th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26157000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26157000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.76% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26157000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26157000500 compare to Kingston overall?
Tract 26157000500 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Kingston at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kingston
Top eight tracts in Kingston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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