Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Kentwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081012610 · Kent County, MI · pop 2,544 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Kentwood
With a score of 5/10, tract 26081012610 in Kentwood, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,544 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,059
Renter share68.7%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$69,593
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kentwood and the region
Centroid at 42.9185, -85.5642 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kentwood scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kentwood
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,329 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kentwood
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kentwood
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kentwood
5.0
How Kentwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kentwood
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 43.7% across Kent County. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 3/10. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Average gross rent is $1,329, close to the Kentwood average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $69,593.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081012610
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012610?
Census tract 26081012610 in Kentwood scores 5/10 (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 26081012610?
Median gross rent is $1,329/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012610?
13.4% of residents in tract 26081012610 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,544.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012610?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 41th, minority 53th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081012610 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081012610 compare to Kentwood overall?
Tract 26081012610 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Kentwood at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kentwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kentwood
Top eight tracts in Kentwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Third Ward
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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26081012703
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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26081012901
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
26081012612
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
26081012608
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26081012704
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26081012705
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26081012902
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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