Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Lawton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26159011004 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 3,842 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Lawton

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26159011004 (Lawton, Michigan) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $877 a month against an average household income of $76,190 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lawton and the region

Centroid at 42.1825, -85.8571 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lawton scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 Lawton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Van Buren County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 69th 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 26159011004

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011004?

Census tract 26159011004 in Lawton scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 26159011004 compare to Lawton overall?

Tract 26159011004 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lawton at 3.4/10. 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.