Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081011601 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,444
Census tract 26081011601 belongs to Walker, Michigan. It is home to 4,444 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,087 a month while the average household earns $75,227 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,770
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$75,227
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walker and the region
Centroid at 43.0165, -85.7478 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Walker
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Walker
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Walker
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Walker
4.4
How Walker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walker
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Walker eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kent County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011601?
Census tract 26081011601 in Walker scores 2.5/10 (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 26081011601?
Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011601?
6.8% of residents in tract 26081011601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,444.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 30th, minority 23th, housing 10th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081011601 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081011601 compare to Walker overall?
Tract 26081011601 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Walker at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Walker eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Walker
Top eight tracts in Walker ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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