Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26159011500 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159011500 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 3,462
Census tract 26159011500 covers Van Buren, home to 3,462 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $808 a month against an average household income of $60,952 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,378
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$60,952
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Van Buren County and the region
Centroid at 42.1089, -86.0988 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26159011500 scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$808 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26159011500 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 9Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26159011500
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Van Buren County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 9 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26159011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011500?
Census tract 26159011500 in Van Buren County 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 26159011500?
Median gross rent is $808/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011500?
11.1% of residents in tract 26159011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,462.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 61th, minority 38th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26159011500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26159011500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.88% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26159011500 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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