1 census tracts · pop 7,148 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Noble is a one-tract neighborhood of Spring Arbor, MI, population 7,148. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. Average gross rent is $1,312, 44% above the Spring Arbor average of $910.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.4/10. Cost burden runs 18% against 26.3% citywide, putting Noble 8.0% under its own city.
The voucher gap is 18.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Court records for this tract carry 726 eviction filings. 8% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 28.5% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.4% of adults, 8.4 points below the national rate. 5.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The most recent observed rate, 6.4% in 2018, is well off that peak. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Against average income of $85,117, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Noble vs Spring ArborHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority7%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Noble
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
726Total filings (sum)
19.31%Avg annual filing rate
28.5%Peak year (2014)
6.40%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Noble
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
5.2%No health insurance
29.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Noble
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Noble?
Noble scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Noble compare to Spring Arbor overall?
Noble scores 0.7 points lower than Spring Arbor overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 18% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $1,312 vs $910.
Q3
What is the average rent in Noble?
Average gross rent in Noble is $1,312/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Noble residents are renters?
15% of Noble households are renter-occupied (vs 32% in Spring Arbor). The neighborhood has 7,148 residents.
Q5
Is Noble a high social-vulnerability area?
Noble sits in the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Noble for landlords?
Noble carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Spring Arbor as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Noble?
Noble has 7,029 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (97.3%), Hispanic / Latino (1.4%), Other / Multiracial (0.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
