Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081011601 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,444
Tract 26081011601 sits in Walker eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 4,444 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Risk score
3.9
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
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
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 3.9
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
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Kent County average of 43.7%. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,087, 10% below the Walker average.
Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $75,227, annual rent is just 17%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011601?
Census tract 26081011601 in Walker scores 3.9/10 (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 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Walker at 4/10. 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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