Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Saline Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161423600 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 2,681 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Saline
Census tract 26161423600 covers Saline, home to 2,681 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,251 a month while the average household earns $95,464 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,027
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$95,464
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saline and the region
Centroid at 42.1596, -83.7801 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saline scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saline
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,251 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saline
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saline
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saline
4.7
How Saline compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saline
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 Saline, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Washtenaw County average of 6.0 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 26161423600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161423600?
Census tract 26161423600 in Saline scores 2.2/10 (Lower 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 26161423600?
Median gross rent is $1,251/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161423600?
7.3% of residents in tract 26161423600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,681.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161423600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 4th, minority 31th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26161423600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26161423600 compare to Saline overall?
Tract 26161423600 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Saline at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saline; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saline
Top eight tracts in Saline ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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