Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Kentwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081012901 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,324
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 26081012901 in Kentwood, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,324 residents. Cost burden runs 65% here against 43.7% across Kent County.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,032
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$58,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kentwood and the region
Centroid at 42.8778, -85.6553 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kentwood scores 5.7
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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 59%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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.2%Food insecurity
- 24.2%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kentwood
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 24.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 26.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 3/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,313, close to the Kentwood average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081012901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012901?
Census tract 26081012901 in Kentwood scores 5.7/10 (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 26081012901?
Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012901?
16.8% of residents in tract 26081012901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,324.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 76th, minority 65th, housing 80th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081012901 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081012901 compare to Kentwood overall?
Tract 26081012901 scores 5.7/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 26081012901 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.
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