Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26005030902 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26005030902 · Allegan County, MI · pop 2,574
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 26005030902 in Allegan ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,574 residents. It lands near the 20th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
4% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $907 monthly, set against $75,532 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$75,532
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Allegan County and the region
Centroid at 42.5468, -86.1867 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26005030902 scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$907 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 26005030902 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 63Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.3%Peak (2015)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 8 months.
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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26005030902
What moves this score most 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 Allegan County average of 5.2 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 63 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 7.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.3% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.2% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005030902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005030902?
Census tract 26005030902 in Allegan County scores 3.4/10 (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 26005030902?
Median gross rent is $907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005030902?
15.4% of residents in tract 26005030902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,574.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005030902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 34th, minority 30th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005030902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 63 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005030902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.26% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005030902 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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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