Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Otsego Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26005031900 · Allegan County, MI · pop 4,578 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Otsego
Census tract 26005031900 covers part of Otsego, MI, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,578 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,982
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$79,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Otsego and the region
Centroid at 42.4681, -85.6702 · click any tract to drill in
Why Otsego scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Otsego
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,117 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Otsego
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Otsego
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Otsego
3.5
How Otsego compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 342Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.6%Peak (2017)
- 55Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Otsego
Against Allegan County at 27.8%, 78% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 342 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 12.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% 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.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $79,167, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
It tracks the Allegan County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,117, close to the Otsego average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005031900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005031900?
Census tract 26005031900 in Otsego scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 26005031900?
Median gross rent is $1,117/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005031900?
12.8% of residents in tract 26005031900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,578.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005031900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 62th, minority 29th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005031900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 342 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005031900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.63% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005031900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26005031900 compare to Otsego overall?
Tract 26005031900 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Otsego at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Otsego; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Otsego
Top eight tracts in Otsego ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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