Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Normal Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ypsilanti
Tract 26161410500 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 2,155 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 26161410500 sits in the Normal Park area of Washtenaw County, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,303
Renter share70.9%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$49,095
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ypsilanti and the region
Centroid at 42.2308, -83.6437 · click any tract to drill in
Why Normal Park scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ypsilanti
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ypsilanti
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ypsilanti
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ypsilanti
5.0
How Normal Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 306Total filings over 1 yrs
- 33.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.1%Peak (2014)
- 306Filings 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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 13.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Normal Park
71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.
Against Washtenaw County at 46.5%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 306 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Against the Washtenaw County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2014 at 33.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 33.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161410500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161410500?
Census tract 26161410500 in the Normal Park neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 26161410500?
Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161410500?
15.8% of residents in tract 26161410500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,155.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161410500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 27th, minority 68th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 26161410500 considered part of Normal Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161410500 fall within Normal Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161410500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 306 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161410500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.05% of renter households, peaking at 33.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26161410500 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26161410500 compare to Ypsilanti overall?
Tract 26161410500 scores 5.7/10, lower 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.
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