Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Alpine Township Eviction Risk: Lower , Comstock Park
Tract 26081011405 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,586 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
26081011405 is a census tract in the Alpine Township area of Comstock Park, MI. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,586 residents. Against Kent County at 43.7%, 9% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,239
Renter share7.3%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$88,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Comstock Park and the region
Centroid at 43.0502, -85.6793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alpine Township scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Comstock Park
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Comstock Park
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Comstock Park
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Comstock Park
6.4
How Alpine Township compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alpine Township
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
At $1,324 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Comstock Park commands. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $88,750, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011405?
Census tract 26081011405 in the Alpine Township neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 26081011405?
Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 9% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011405?
5.9% of residents in tract 26081011405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,586.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 53th, minority 33th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 26081011405 considered part of Alpine Township?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081011405 fall within Alpine Township (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26081011405 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26081011405 compare to Comstock Park overall?
Tract 26081011405 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Comstock Park at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Comstock Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Comstock Park
Top eight tracts in Comstock Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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