Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Rockford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081010700 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,220 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Rockford
26081010700 is a census tract in Rockford, MI. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Kent County average of 43.7%.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,363
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$91,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockford and the region
Centroid at 43.1268, -85.5566 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockford scores 3.3
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
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,088 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockford
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.
Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $91,318, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $1,088, close to the Rockford average.
31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010700?
Census tract 26081010700 in Rockford scores 3.3/10 (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 26081010700?
Median gross rent is $1,088/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010700?
5.8% of residents in tract 26081010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 25th, minority 19th, housing 34th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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 26081010700 compare to Rockford overall?
Tract 26081010700 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Rockford at 4/10. 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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