Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Normal Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ypsilanti
Tract 26161410300 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 4,419 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 26161410300 covers part of the Normal Park area of Ypsilanti, MI, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,419. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
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
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very 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 6.8
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
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
It sits 1.8 points above the Washtenaw County average of 5.0. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Washtenaw County average of 46.5%.
The filing record is not thin: 102 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 9.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 9.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.6 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 26161410300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161410300?
Census tract 26161410300 in the Normal Park neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 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 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Ypsilanti at 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ypsilanti
Top eight tracts in Ypsilanti ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Riverside
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Riverside
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Riverside
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Parkridge Southside
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Historic Southside
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Miles/Garland
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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College Heights
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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