Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26121002000 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002000 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,434
Eviction risk in Muskegon eviction risk centers on tract 26121002000, which scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,434 residents. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $857 a month while the average household earns $49,896 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,555
Renter share3.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$49,896
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon County and the region
Centroid at 43.2270, -86.1595 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26121002000 scores 3.8
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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$857 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 26121002000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 684Total filings over 8 yrs
- 49.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 58.3%Peak (2012)
- 82Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26121002000
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 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 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 684 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 49.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 58.3% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002000?
Census tract 26121002000 in Muskegon County scores 3.8/10 (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 26121002000?
Median gross rent is $857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121002000?
12.7% of residents in tract 26121002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,434.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 45th, minority 20th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121002000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 684 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121002000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 49.69% of renter households, peaking at 58.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121002000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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