Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002601 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,435
Tract 26121002601 covers Norton Shores in Michigan. Home to 3,435 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,317 monthly, set against $52,821 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$52,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Shores and the region
Centroid at 43.1887, -86.2195 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Shores scores 3.1
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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,317 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 923Total filings over 8 yrs
- 32.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 50.2%Peak (2012)
- 119Filings 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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norton Shores
The score leans hardest on 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 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 26121002601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002601?
Census tract 26121002601 in Norton Shores scores 3.1/10 (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 26121002601?
Median gross rent is $1,317/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121002601?
8.4% of residents in tract 26121002601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,435.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 82th, minority 40th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121002601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 923 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121002601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.69% of renter households, peaking at 50.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121002601 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121002601 compare to Norton Shores overall?
Tract 26121002601 scores 3.1/10, right in line with 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.
Q8
Was tract 26121002601 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. 0% 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 Norton Shores
Top eight tracts in Norton Shores ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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