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Germantown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ann Arbor

Tract 26161400600 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 4,592 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26161400600 sits in the Germantown area of Ann Arbor eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It is home to 4,592 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 33% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,197
Renter share61.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$91,354

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Germantown
Very Low
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 41 tracts In Ann Arbor
Elevated
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
Elevated
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#126 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ann Arbor and the region

Centroid at 42.2715, -83.7525 · click any tract to drill in

Why Germantown scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,616 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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.
Germantown risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.1This tracttract 4006005.8Ann Arborparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 14Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2014)
  • 14Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Germantown

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Washtenaw County average of 5.0. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 filings here across 1 tracked years.

SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 1.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.

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 26161400600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161400600?

Census tract 26161400600 in the Germantown neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 26161400600?

Median gross rent is $1,616/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161400600?

15.4% of residents in tract 26161400600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,592.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161400600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 2th, minority 21th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 26161400600 considered part of Germantown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161400600 fall within Germantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161400600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161400600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.09% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161400600 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161400600 compare to Ann Arbor overall?

Tract 26161400600 scores 6.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ann Arbor

Top eight tracts in Ann Arbor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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