Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Wolf Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121003200 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 6,125 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Wolf Lake
Census tract 26121003200 covers Wolf Lake, home to 6,125 residents. For landlords it grades 6.4/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,297 a month while the average household earns $67,724 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,331
Renter share5.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$67,724
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wolf Lake and the region
Centroid at 43.2701, -86.1078 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wolf Lake scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wolf Lake
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,297 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wolf Lake
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wolf Lake
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wolf Lake
7.7
How Wolf Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 1,193Total filings over 8 yrs
- 75.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 71.5%Peak (2018)
- 213Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 103% 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.
- 13.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wolf Lake
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Wolf Lake, 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 13.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th 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.
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 26121003200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121003200?
Census tract 26121003200 in Wolf Lake scores 3.6/10 (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 26121003200?
Median gross rent is $1,297/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121003200?
8.8% of residents in tract 26121003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,125.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121003200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 9th, minority 19th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121003200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,193 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121003200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 75.99% of renter households, peaking at 71.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121003200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121003200 compare to Wolf Lake overall?
Tract 26121003200 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Wolf Lake at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wolf Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wolf Lake
Top eight tracts in Wolf Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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