Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Martin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26005031300 · Allegan County, MI · pop 4,949 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Martin
Martin anchors census tract 26005031300, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $781 a month against an average household income of $70,233 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,774
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$70,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Martin and the region
Centroid at 42.5587, -85.6622 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martin scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Martin
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$781 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Martin
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Martin
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Martin
3.6
How Martin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 144Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2013)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martin
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.3/10. 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 Martin, 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 144 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 8.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.5% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005031300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005031300?
Census tract 26005031300 in Martin scores 2.9/10 (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 26005031300?
Median gross rent is $781/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005031300?
10.0% of residents in tract 26005031300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005031300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 65th, minority 10th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005031300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 144 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005031300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005031300 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26005031300 compare to Martin overall?
Tract 26005031300 scores 2.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Martin at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Martin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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