Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Grandville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081013000 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,421
Tract 26081013000, home to 3,421 residents in Grandville, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,190 a month while the average household earns $71,875 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share40.2%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$71,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grandville and the region
Centroid at 42.9183, -85.7499 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grandville scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grandville
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,190 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grandville
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grandville
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grandville
5.2
How Grandville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
- 48%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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grandville
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Grandville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kent County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081013000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081013000?
Census tract 26081013000 in Grandville scores 2.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26081013000?
Median gross rent is $1,190/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081013000?
8.2% of residents in tract 26081013000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081013000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 37th, minority 30th, housing 62th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081013000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081013000 compare to Grandville overall?
Tract 26081013000 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Grandville at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grandville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26081013000 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 Grandville
Top eight tracts in Grandville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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