Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Rockford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081010602 · Kent County, MI · pop 8,755 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Rockford
Tract 26081010602, home to 8,755 residents in Rockford, scores 6.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,680 a month while the average household earns $113,589 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units3,150
Renter share7.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$113,589
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockford and the region
Centroid at 43.1384, -85.6005 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockford scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rockford
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,680 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockford
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockford
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockford
5.8
How Rockford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockford
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Rockford, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26081010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010602?
Census tract 26081010602 in Rockford scores 1.6/10 (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 26081010602?
Median gross rent is $1,680/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010602?
4.1% of residents in tract 26081010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,755.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 14th, minority 17th, housing 43th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081010602 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081010602 compare to Rockford overall?
Tract 26081010602 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Rockford at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rockford
Top eight tracts in Rockford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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