Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
University Palisades Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26161414300 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 3,206 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 26161414300 in the University Palisades area of Washtenaw County, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,206. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,517
Renter share67.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$40,347
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Washtenaw County and the region
Centroid at 42.2399, -83.6768 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Palisades scores 5.8
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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,166 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 University Palisades compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 215Total filings over 1 yrs
- 20.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.4%Peak (2014)
- 215Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University Palisades. 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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Palisades
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $40,347, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Cost burden runs about half here against 46.5% across Washtenaw County. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 215 filings here across 1 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points above the Washtenaw County average of 5.0. Filings peaked in 2014 at 20.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 20.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161414300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161414300?
Census tract 26161414300 in the University Palisades neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26161414300?
Median gross rent is $1,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161414300?
21.7% of residents in tract 26161414300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,206.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161414300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 43th, minority 72th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 26161414300 considered part of University Palisades?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161414300 fall within University Palisades (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161414300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 215 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161414300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.36% of renter households, peaking at 20.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26161414300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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