Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Bangor Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159012001 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 4,376 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Bangor
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 26159012001 in Bangor, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,376. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,498
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$55,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bangor and the region
Centroid at 42.2909, -86.1574 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bangor scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bangor
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$676 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bangor
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bangor
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bangor
6.9
How Bangor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.3%Food insecurity
- 26.8%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bangor
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $676, 27% below the Bangor average. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. Against the Van Buren County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
SNAP participation runs 26.8% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 48% here against 42.2% across Van Buren County.
Food insecurity runs 26.3% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $55,972, annual rent is just 14%.
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 26159012001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159012001?
Census tract 26159012001 in Bangor scores 5.5/10 (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 26159012001?
Median gross rent is $676/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159012001?
22.2% of residents in tract 26159012001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,376.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159012001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 68th, minority 58th, housing 92th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159012001 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26159012001 compare to Bangor overall?
Tract 26159012001 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bangor at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bangor; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bangor
Top eight tracts in Bangor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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