Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Fennville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26005030704 · Allegan County, MI · pop 5,076 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Fennville
26005030704 is a census tract in Fennville, MI. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
3.9
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
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
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 3.9
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
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. At $800 a month, rents run 23% over what the rest of Fennville commands. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 33% here against 27.8% across Allegan County.
Court records carry 243 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 17.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 10.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $81,467, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
It tracks the Allegan County average of 3.9 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005030704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005030704?
Census tract 26005030704 in Fennville scores 3.9/10 (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 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Fennville at 3.9/10. 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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