Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Club Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121003600 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 6,445 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Lakewood Club
Census tract 26121003600 sits in Lakewood Club in Muskegon County, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 16% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,343 a month while the average household earns $73,898 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,522
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$73,898
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakewood Club and the region
Centroid at 43.3650, -86.2024 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood Club scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lakewood Club
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,343 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakewood Club
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakewood Club
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakewood Club
3.7
How Lakewood Club compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 348Total filings over 8 yrs
- 17.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.3%Peak (2012)
- 28Filings 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Club
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.6/10. 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 inherited from Lakewood Club, 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 348 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 17.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 26.3% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% 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 26121003600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121003600?
Census tract 26121003600 in Lakewood Club scores 3.3/10 (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 26121003600?
Median gross rent is $1,343/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121003600?
11.2% of residents in tract 26121003600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,445.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121003600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 46th, minority 25th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121003600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 348 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121003600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.12% of renter households, peaking at 26.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121003600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121003600 compare to Lakewood Club overall?
Tract 26121003600 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood Club at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood Club; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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