Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Cedar Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26081010200 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,520 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Springs

Tract 26081010200, home to 4,520 residents in Cedar Springs, scores 6.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,096 a month while the average household earns $57,007 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 13% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units1,680

Renter share34.8%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate21.5%

Median income$57,007

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cedar Springs and the region

Centroid at 43.2246, -85.5438 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cedar Springs scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Cedar Springs

5.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

21.5% poverty · this tract

5.4

Supply constraint

$1,096 rent vs county FMR

2.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Cedar Springs

8.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Cedar Springs

8.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Cedar Springs

8.8

How Cedar Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

80%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
76%Housing & transportation

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.

15.4%Housing insecurity
11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
21.4%Food insecurity
22.5%SNAP enrollment
11.5%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
21.7%Frequent mental distress
35.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cedar Springs

The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 8.8/10. 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 Cedar Springs, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kent County average of 5.7 and above 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 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081010200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010200?

Census tract 26081010200 in Cedar Springs scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26081010200?

Median gross rent is $1,096/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010200?

21.5% of residents in tract 26081010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,520.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 23th, minority 28th, housing 76th.

What share of households in tract 26081010200 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081010200 compare to Cedar Springs overall?

Tract 26081010200 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Springs at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.