Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Lawton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26159011004 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 3,842 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Lawton
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 26159011004 in Lawton, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,842 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,576
Renter share25.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$76,190
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawton and the region
Centroid at 42.1825, -85.8571 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawton scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lawton
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$877 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawton
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawton
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawton
7.8
How Lawton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawton
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10.
Cost burden runs 37% here against 42.2% across Van Buren County. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $877 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Lawton commands.
That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Against average income of $76,190, annual rent is just 14%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Van Buren County average of 4.2 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26159011004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011004?
Census tract 26159011004 in Lawton scores 3.8/10 (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 26159011004?
Median gross rent is $877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011004?
12.0% of residents in tract 26159011004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,842.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 91th, minority 26th, housing 83th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159011004 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26159011004 compare to Lawton overall?
Tract 26159011004 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Lawton at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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