Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26121001600 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121001600 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,075
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 26121001600 reflects conditions in Muskegon, Michigan. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $101,944 a year. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,168
Renter share1.5%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$101,944
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon County and the region
Centroid at 43.2718, -86.3468 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26121001600 scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26121001600 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%Housing & transportation
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)
- 44Total filings over 8 yrs
- 5.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2013)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26121001600
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Muskegon County average of 5.9 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 44 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.2% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121001600?
Census tract 26121001600 in Muskegon County scores 2.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26121001600?
2.3% of residents in tract 26121001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,075.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 14th, minority 17th, housing 1th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121001600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.00% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26121001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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