Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002502 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 4,783
Census tract 26121002502 sits in Norton Shores eviction risk, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 72% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,364 monthly, set against $91,083 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,681
Renter share2.8%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$91,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Shores and the region
Centroid at 43.1707, -86.2522 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Shores scores 2
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
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,364 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%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 about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th 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 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26121002502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002502?
Census tract 26121002502 in Norton Shores scores 2/10 (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 26121002502?
Median gross rent is $1,364/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121002502?
3.5% of residents in tract 26121002502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 19th, minority 16th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26121002502 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26121002502 compare to Norton Shores overall?
Tract 26121002502 scores 2/10, 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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