Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Paw Paw Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159011802 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 4,543 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Paw Paw
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 26159011802 in Paw Paw, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,860
Renter share39.2%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$49,444
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paw Paw and the region
Centroid at 42.2265, -85.9106 · click any tract to drill in
Why Paw Paw scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paw Paw
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paw Paw
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paw Paw
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paw Paw
6.6
How Paw Paw compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Paw Paw
29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Van Buren County average of 42.2%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Van Buren County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Average gross rent is $799, close to the Paw Paw average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $49,444. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 26159011802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011802?
Census tract 26159011802 in Paw Paw scores 5.1/10 (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 26159011802?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011802?
16.7% of residents in tract 26159011802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,543.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 66th, minority 30th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159011802 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26159011802 compare to Paw Paw overall?
Tract 26159011802 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Paw Paw at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paw Paw; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Paw Paw
Top eight tracts in Paw Paw ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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