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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Lower Burns Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ann Arbor

Tract 26161404600 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 5,355 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 26161404600 covers part of the Lower Burns Park area of Ann Arbor, MI, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,355 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 32% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,793
Renter share60.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$93,487

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lower Burns Park
Moderate
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 41 tracts In Ann Arbor
Moderate
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#494 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ann Arbor and the region

Centroid at 42.2481, -83.7309 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lower Burns Park scores 5.5

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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,734 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Lower Burns Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lower Burns Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 4046005.8Ann Arborparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 36Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2014)
  • 36Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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 Lower Burns Park

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10.

SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters. It tracks the Washtenaw County average of 5.0 closely.

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 26161404600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161404600?

Census tract 26161404600 in the Lower Burns Park neighborhood 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 26161404600?

Median gross rent is $1,734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161404600?

10.3% of residents in tract 26161404600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,355.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161404600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 6th, minority 40th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 26161404600 considered part of Lower Burns Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161404600 fall within Lower Burns Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161404600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161404600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.43% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161404600 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.3% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161404600 compare to Ann Arbor overall?

Tract 26161404600 scores 5.5/10, lower 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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