Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Comstock Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081011101 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,453 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Comstock Park
With a score of 4.2/10, tract 26081011101 in Comstock Park, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,453. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share10.4%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$87,377
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Comstock Park and the region
Centroid at 43.0908, -85.6505 · click any tract to drill in
Why Comstock Park scores 4.2
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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,171 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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Comstock Park
Cost burden runs 68% here against 43.7% across Kent County. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 10% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10.
Against average income of $87,377, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,171, close to the Comstock Park average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011101?
Census tract 26081011101 in Comstock Park scores 4.2/10 (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 26081011101?
Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011101?
9.4% of residents in tract 26081011101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,453.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 17th, minority 15th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081011101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081011101 compare to Comstock Park overall?
Tract 26081011101 scores 4.2/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 26081011101 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Comstock Park
Top eight tracts in Comstock Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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