Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Beechwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26139025101 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,936 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Beechwood
Census tract 26139025101 belongs to Beechwood in Ottawa County, Michigan. It is home to 3,936 residents and scores 6.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $803 monthly, set against $50,368 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,556
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$50,368
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beechwood and the region
Centroid at 42.8004, -86.1015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beechwood scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Beechwood
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$803 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beechwood
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beechwood
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beechwood
7.8
How Beechwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.7%Food insecurity
- 23.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beechwood
The heaviest input here is housing court bias 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 Beechwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ottawa County average of 5.4 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 18.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 92nd 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.
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 26139025101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139025101?
Census tract 26139025101 in Beechwood scores 5/10 (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 26139025101?
Median gross rent is $803/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139025101?
23.5% of residents in tract 26139025101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,936.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139025101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 61th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139025101 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26139025101 compare to Beechwood overall?
Tract 26139025101 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Beechwood at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beechwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Beechwood
Top eight tracts in Beechwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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