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Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Muskegon Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26121000300 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,197

In Muskegon, census tract 26121000300 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.

58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $836 a month while the average household earns $34,238 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 21% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,133
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$34,238

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Muskegon
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 45 tracts In Muskegon County
Very High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#274 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
National
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#13,119 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Muskegon and the region

Centroid at 43.2327, -86.2315 · click any tract to drill in

Why Muskegon scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Muskegon
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$836 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Muskegon
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Muskegon
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Muskegon
7.5

How Muskegon compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Muskegon risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 000300Muskegon: 3.53.5Muskegonparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,442Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 25.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.4%Peak (2012)
  • 174Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 261210003002011: 185 filings (25.69/100 renter HHs)2012: 233 filings (32.36/100 renter HHs)2013: 195 filings (27.08/100 renter HHs)2014: 184 filings (25.56/100 renter HHs)2015: 161 filings (22.36/100 renter HHs)2016: 141 filings (20.80/100 renter HHs)2017: 169 filings (24.93/100 renter HHs)2018: 174 filings (25.66/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Muskegon

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Muskegon eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Muskegon County average of 5.9 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 11% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26121000300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121000300?

Census tract 26121000300 in Muskegon scores 5.9/10 (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 26121000300?

Median gross rent is $836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26121000300?

31.2% of residents in tract 26121000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,197.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26121000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 74th, minority 83th, housing 95th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121000300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,442 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.56% of renter households, peaking at 32.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 26121000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.8% 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. 25.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26121000300 compare to Muskegon overall?

Tract 26121000300 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Muskegon at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Muskegon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26121000300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 11% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Muskegon

Top eight tracts in Muskegon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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