Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002501 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 2,990 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Norton Shores
How risky is Norton Shores for landlords? Census tract 26121002501 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 14% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $100,942 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,127
Renter share0.6%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$100,942
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Shores and the region
Centroid at 43.1482, -86.2836 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Shores scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norton Shores
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norton Shores
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norton Shores
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norton Shores
5.7
How Norton Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norton Shores
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Norton Shores eviction risk, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% 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 26121002501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002501?
Census tract 26121002501 in Norton Shores scores 1.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26121002501?
3.0% of residents in tract 26121002501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,990.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 43th, minority 13th, housing 32th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26121002501 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26121002501 compare to Norton Shores overall?
Tract 26121002501 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Norton Shores at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norton Shores eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norton Shores
Top eight tracts in Norton Shores ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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