Grand Rapids Eviction Risk: Moderate

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Kent County average of 4.2. Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,405, 11% above the Grand Rapids average. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Grand Rapids. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $59,401. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.