Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26121003500 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121003500 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 4,023
Tract 26121003500, home to 4,023 residents in Muskegon in Muskegon County, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $973 a month against an average household income of $88,950 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,701
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$88,950
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon County and the region
Centroid at 43.3300, -86.3278 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26121003500 scores 2.7
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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 26121003500 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 597Total filings over 8 yrs
- 34.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.3%Peak (2012)
- 43Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26121003500
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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 597 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 34.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 56.3% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121003500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121003500?
Census tract 26121003500 in Muskegon County scores 2.7/10 (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 26121003500?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121003500?
6.6% of residents in tract 26121003500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121003500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 17th, minority 9th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121003500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 597 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121003500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.76% of renter households, peaking at 56.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121003500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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