Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Fruitport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002800 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 6,365 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Fruitport
Census tract 26121002800 runs through Fruitport. With 6,365 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,335 monthly, set against $82,412 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,513
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$82,412
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fruitport and the region
Centroid at 43.1432, -86.1361 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fruitport scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fruitport
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,335 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fruitport
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fruitport
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fruitport
5.2
How Fruitport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 182Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2011)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fruitport
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.5/10. 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 Fruitport, 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 in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 182 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 7.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.1% of renter households in 2011.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121002800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002800?
Census tract 26121002800 in Fruitport scores 2.3/10 (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 26121002800?
Median gross rent is $1,335/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121002800?
4.6% of residents in tract 26121002800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,365.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 25th, minority 17th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121002800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 182 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121002800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.92% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121002800 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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.
Q7
How does tract 26121002800 compare to Fruitport overall?
Tract 26121002800 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Fruitport at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fruitport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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