Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Muskegon Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26121004200 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,818
In Muskegon in Muskegon County, census tract 26121004200 scores 6.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $900 monthly, set against $33,380 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,426
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$33,380
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon and the region
Centroid at 43.2463, -86.2432 · click any tract to drill in
Why Muskegon scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$900 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 13%Grade C
- 22%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 1,245Total filings over 8 yrs
- 15.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.0%Peak (2016)
- 146Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 21.9%Housing insecurity
- 17.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.2%Food insecurity
- 31.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.9%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Muskegon
What moves this score most is 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 82nd 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 26121004200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121004200?
Census tract 26121004200 in Muskegon scores 5.6/10 (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 26121004200?
Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121004200?
25.2% of residents in tract 26121004200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,818.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121004200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 66th, minority 69th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121004200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,245 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121004200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.13% of renter households, peaking at 16.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121004200 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.9% 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. 17.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121004200 compare to Muskegon overall?
Tract 26121004200 scores 5.6/10, 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 26121004200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 22% 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.
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