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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Cranbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ann Arbor

Tract 26161414700 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 1,814 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 26161414700 covers part of the Cranbrook area of Ann Arbor, MI, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 24% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,067
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$94,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Cranbrook
Moderate
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 41 tracts In Ann Arbor
Low
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#753 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ann Arbor and the region

Centroid at 42.2355, -83.7536 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cranbrook scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ann Arbor
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,915 rent vs county FMR
6.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ann Arbor
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ann Arbor
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ann Arbor
5.0

How Cranbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cranbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4147005.8Ann Arborparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 8Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2014)
  • 8Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cranbrook. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cranbrook

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Disability prevalence runs 19.0% against 31.5% nationally. The voucher gap is 19.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. At $1,915 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Ann Arbor commands. The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Against Washtenaw County at 46.5%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. Filings peaked in 2014 at 1.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26161414700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161414700?

Census tract 26161414700 in the Cranbrook neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 26161414700?

Median gross rent is $1,915/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161414700?

5.9% of residents in tract 26161414700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,814.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161414700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 11th, minority 49th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 26161414700 considered part of Cranbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161414700 fall within Cranbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161414700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161414700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.86% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161414700 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161414700 compare to Ann Arbor overall?

Tract 26161414700 scores 5.1/10, lower than the parent city of Ann Arbor at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ann Arbor eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ann Arbor

Top eight tracts in Ann Arbor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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