Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Comstock Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081011403 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,312 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Comstock Park
Census tract 26081011403 covers part of Comstock Park, MI, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,312 residents. Cost burden runs 22% here against 43.7% across Kent County.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,399
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$77,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Comstock Park and the region
Centroid at 43.0433, -85.7356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Comstock Park scores 4.4
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Comstock Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Comstock Park
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Against average income of $77,917, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,165, close to the Comstock Park average.
27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011403?
Census tract 26081011403 in Comstock Park 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 26081011403?
Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011403?
8.6% of residents in tract 26081011403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,312.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 27th, minority 50th, housing 75th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081011403 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081011403 compare to Comstock Park overall?
Tract 26081011403 scores 4.4/10, right in line with 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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