Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Rapids Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081001802 ·
Kent County, MI · pop 2,055
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 26081001802 in Grand Rapids, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%Stable renters 8%Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units718
Renter share14.5%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$88,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
8th percentile
#49 of 53 tracts In Grand Rapids
Very Low
Within county
29th percentile
#104 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Low
Within state
35th percentile
#1,923 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
National
27th percentile
#61,558 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region
Centroid at 42.9680, -85.7302 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Rapids scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Grand Rapids
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Rapids
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Rapids
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Rapids
4.5
How Grand Rapids compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
6.0%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
6.4%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
13.0%Frequent mental distress
31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Rapids
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Cost burden runs about half here against 43.7% across Kent County.
On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 14% 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 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081001802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081001802?
Census tract 26081001802 in Grand Rapids scores 3.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26081001802?
4.1% of residents in tract 26081001802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,055.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081001802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 44th, minority 21th, housing 51th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26081001802 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26081001802 compare to Grand Rapids overall?
Tract 26081001802 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Grand Rapids at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Rapids eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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