Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Lawrence Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159011300 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 4,285 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Lawrence
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26159011300 (Lawrence, Michigan) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $737 a month against an average household income of $56,906 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,701
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$56,906
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawrence and the region
Centroid at 42.1916, -86.0861 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawrence scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lawrence
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$737 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawrence
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawrence
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawrence
7.5
How Lawrence compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 34Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2016)
- 34Filings in 2016 (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.
- 15.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.6%Food insecurity
- 21.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawrence
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Lawrence, 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 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 9.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.1% of renter households in 2016.
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 26159011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011300?
Census tract 26159011300 in Lawrence scores 5.3/10 (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 26159011300?
Median gross rent is $737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011300?
17.5% of residents in tract 26159011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,285.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 72th, minority 46th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26159011300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26159011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.07% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26159011300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.5% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26159011300 compare to Lawrence overall?
Tract 26159011300 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lawrence at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawrence; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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