Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26161455000 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161455000 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 5,056
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 26161455000 in Washtenaw ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,056 residents. On the national scale it ranks #33,037 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,459 monthly, set against $85,938 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,930
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$85,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Washtenaw County and the region
Centroid at 42.2745, -83.8651 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26161455000 scores 3
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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,459 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Tract 26161455000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.3%Peak (2014)
- 1Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26161455000
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161455000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161455000?
Census tract 26161455000 in Washtenaw County scores 3/10 (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 26161455000?
Median gross rent is $1,459/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161455000?
10.8% of residents in tract 26161455000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,056.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161455000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 60th, minority 55th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161455000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161455000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.27% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26161455000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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