Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Germantown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ann Arbor
Tract 26161400500 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 7,871 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 7.2/10, tract 26161400500 in the Germantown area of Ann Arbor, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,871. The severe-burden share is 52%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 72%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units2,805
Renter share95.4%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate66.4%
Median income$33,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ann Arbor and the region
Centroid at 42.2708, -83.7420 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germantown scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ann Arbor
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
66.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ann Arbor
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ann Arbor
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ann Arbor
5.0
How Germantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 23Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Germantown. 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.0%Food insecurity
- 30.0%SNAP enrollment
- 20.0%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 27.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germantown
Cost burden runs 75% here against 46.5% across Washtenaw County. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 66%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Set annual rent against average income of $33,972 and the ratio lands at 48%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 2.2 points above the Washtenaw County average of 5.0.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. SNAP participation runs 30.0% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,373, 17% below the Ann Arbor average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 23 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 1.0% of renter households were served.
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 26161400500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161400500?
Census tract 26161400500 in the Germantown neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 26161400500?
Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161400500?
66.4% of residents in tract 26161400500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,871.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161400500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 0th, minority 39th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 26161400500 considered part of Germantown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161400500 fall within Germantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161400500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161400500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26161400500 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26161400500 compare to Ann Arbor overall?
Tract 26161400500 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Ann Arbor at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ann Arbor eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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