Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081011701 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,727
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 26081011701 in Walker, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,224
Renter share17.3%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$67,253
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walker and the region
Centroid at 42.9767, -85.7680 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 4.3
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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,235 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walker
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
Cost burden runs 50% here against 43.7% across Kent County. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,235, close to the Walker average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $67,253.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011701?
Census tract 26081011701 in Walker scores 4.3/10 (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 26081011701?
Median gross rent is $1,235/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011701?
8.7% of residents in tract 26081011701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 11th, minority 20th, housing 74th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081011701 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081011701 compare to Walker overall?
Tract 26081011701 scores 4.3/10, higher than 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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