Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26161407000 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161407000 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 5,301
Tract 26161407000, home to 5,301 residents in Washtenaw, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,211 a month against an average household income of $173,304 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,863
Renter share13.0%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$173,304
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Washtenaw County and the region
Centroid at 42.3069, -83.6101 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26161407000 scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,211 rent vs county FMR
8.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26161407000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 3Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2014)
- 3Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26161407000
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Washtenaw County average of 6.0 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.8% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161407000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161407000?
Census tract 26161407000 in Washtenaw County scores 1.7/10 (Lower 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 26161407000?
Median gross rent is $2,211/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161407000?
5.7% of residents in tract 26161407000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,301.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161407000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 19th, minority 39th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161407000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161407000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.84% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26161407000 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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