Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Normal Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ypsilanti
Tract 26161410300 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 4,419 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 26161410300, home to 4,419 residents in Normal Park in Ypsilanti, scores 6.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,053 a month against an average household income of $62,294 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,889
Renter share51.5%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$62,294
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ypsilanti and the region
Centroid at 42.2424, -83.6281 · click any tract to drill in
Why Normal Park scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ypsilanti
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,053 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ypsilanti
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ypsilanti
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ypsilanti
8.1
How Normal Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 102Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2014)
- 102Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Normal Park. 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 22.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Normal Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ypsilanti eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Washtenaw County average of 6.0 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 9.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.3% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161410300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161410300?
Census tract 26161410300 in the Normal Park neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 26161410300?
Median gross rent is $1,053/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161410300?
12.8% of residents in tract 26161410300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,419.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161410300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 4th, minority 51th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 26161410300 considered part of Normal Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161410300 fall within Normal Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161410300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161410300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.29% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26161410300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26161410300 compare to Ypsilanti overall?
Tract 26161410300 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Ypsilanti at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ypsilanti eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Ypsilanti
Top eight tracts in Ypsilanti ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6.6
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
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