Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally

East Grand Rapids Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26081012400 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,001

Census tract 26081012400 sits in East Grand Rapids eviction risk in Kent County, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #60,011 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $175,400 a year. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.3

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units1,284

Renter share5.5%

SVI overall0.04

Poverty rate4.4%

Median income$175,400

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.9471, -85.6212 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Grand Rapids scores 1.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from East Grand Rapids

5.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

4.4% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from East Grand Rapids

4.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from East Grand Rapids

2.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from East Grand Rapids

3.4

How East Grand Rapids compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 4

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

2%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
11%Racial/ethnic minority
26%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

62%Grade A
16%Grade B
21%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.

5.0%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
5.0%Food insecurity
3.8%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
2.9%No health insurance
13.1%Frequent mental distress
17.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Grand Rapids

What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from East Grand Rapids eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kent County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081012400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012400?

Census tract 26081012400 in East Grand Rapids scores 1.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012400?

4.4% of residents in tract 26081012400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,001.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 9th, minority 11th, housing 26th.

What share of households in tract 26081012400 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.0% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081012400 compare to East Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081012400 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of East Grand Rapids at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Grand Rapids eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26081012400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 East Grand Rapids

Top eight tracts in East Grand Rapids ranked by composite eviction-risk score.