Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Sparta Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081010402 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,232 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Sparta
Census tract 26081010402 covers part of Sparta, MI, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,232 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,758
Renter share29.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$56,705
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sparta and the region
Centroid at 43.1550, -85.6995 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sparta scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sparta
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sparta
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sparta
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sparta
6.1
How Sparta compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 12.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sparta
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10.
That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $961, close to the Sparta average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $56,705. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 26081010402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010402?
Census tract 26081010402 in Sparta scores 4.8/10 (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 26081010402?
Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010402?
10.9% of residents in tract 26081010402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,232.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 64th, minority 8th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081010402 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081010402 compare to Sparta overall?
Tract 26081010402 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Sparta at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sparta; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sparta
Top eight tracts in Sparta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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