Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Kentwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26081012902 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,043

26081012902 is a census tract in Kentwood, MI. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Against Kent County at 43.7%, 11% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 18% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units1,984

Renter share20.2%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate4.2%

Median income$64,130

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kentwood and the region

Centroid at 42.8617, -85.6526 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kentwood scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

4.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,032 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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: 54

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

55%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
39%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.

12.8%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
16.2%Food insecurity
12.9%SNAP enrollment
8.4%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
29.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kentwood

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. At $1,032 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Kentwood commands.

Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% 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.

Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $64,130.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081012902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012902?

Census tract 26081012902 in Kentwood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26081012902?

Median gross rent is $1,032/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012902?

4.2% of residents in tract 26081012902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,043.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 58th, minority 60th, housing 39th.

What share of households in tract 26081012902 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.8% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081012902 compare to Kentwood overall?

Tract 26081012902 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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.