Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26159011602 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159011602 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 2,168
Tract 26159011602, home to 2,168 residents in Van Buren in Van Buren County, scores 4.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
6% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $922 monthly, set against $76,859 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units970
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$76,859
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Van Buren County and the region
Centroid at 42.1203, -85.8150 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26159011602 scores 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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$922 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 26159011602 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26159011602
The heaviest input here 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% 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 26159011602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011602?
Census tract 26159011602 in Van Buren County scores 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 26159011602?
Median gross rent is $922/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 6% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011602?
8.8% of residents in tract 26159011602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,168.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 23th, minority 15th, housing 6th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159011602 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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