Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Muskegon Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26121001300 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 2,348
Census tract 26121001300 sits in Muskegon eviction risk Heights, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $611 a month while the average household earns $29,434 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units853
Renter share71.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate49.4%
Median income$29,434
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon Heights and the region
Centroid at 43.2104, -86.2321 · click any tract to drill in
Why Muskegon Heights scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
49.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$611 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
8.1
How Muskegon Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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
- 19%Grade C
- 80%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)
- 1,817Total filings over 8 yrs
- 40.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 46.8%Peak (2017)
- 228Filings 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.
- 38.5%Housing insecurity
- 33.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 52.7%Food insecurity
- 62.0%SNAP enrollment
- 26.8%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 24.4%Frequent mental distress
- 48.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Muskegon Heights
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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 Muskegon eviction risk Heights, 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 38.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 33.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,817 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 41.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 46.8% of renter households in 2017.
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 26121001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121001300?
Census tract 26121001300 in Muskegon Heights scores 5.9/10 (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 26121001300?
Median gross rent is $611/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121001300?
49.4% of residents in tract 26121001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,348.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 94th, minority 88th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121001300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,817 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.99% of renter households, peaking at 46.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121001300 struggle to pay rent?
About 38.5% 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. 33.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121001300 compare to Muskegon Heights overall?
Tract 26121001300 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Muskegon Heights at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Muskegon eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26121001300 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. 80% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Muskegon Heights
Top eight tracts in Muskegon Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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