Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Fennville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26005030704 · Allegan County, MI · pop 5,076 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Fennville
Fennville anchors census tract 26005030704, which lands at 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $800 a month against an average household income of $81,467 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,717
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$81,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fennville and the region
Centroid at 42.6356, -86.0430 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fennville scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fennville
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$800 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fennville
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fennville
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fennville
6.3
How Fennville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 243Total filings over 8 yrs
- 10.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2010)
- 26Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fennville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Fennville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Allegan County average of 5.2 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% 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 26005030704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005030704?
Census tract 26005030704 in Fennville 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 26005030704?
Median gross rent is $800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005030704?
9.8% of residents in tract 26005030704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,076.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005030704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 29th, minority 32th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005030704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005030704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.53% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005030704 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26005030704 compare to Fennville overall?
Tract 26005030704 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Fennville at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fennville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fennville
Top eight tracts in Fennville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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