Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Montague Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121003800 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,519 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Montague
How risky is Montague for landlords? Census tract 26121003800 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $747 a month against an average household income of $75,698 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,434
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$75,698
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montague and the region
Centroid at 43.4111, -86.3861 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montague scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Montague
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$747 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Montague
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Montague
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Montague
3.3
How Montague compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 258Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2012)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montague
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 inherited from Montague, 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 258 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 8.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.3% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121003800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121003800?
Census tract 26121003800 in Montague scores 2.5/10 (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 26121003800?
Median gross rent is $747/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121003800?
5.2% of residents in tract 26121003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,519.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121003800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 88th, minority 17th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121003800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 258 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121003800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.89% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121003800 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121003800 compare to Montague overall?
Tract 26121003800 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Montague at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montague; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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