Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Haven Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139020900 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 4,527 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Grand Haven
How risky is Grand Haven for landlords? Census tract 26139020900 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $966 a month while the average household earns $70,820 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,113
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$70,820
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Haven and the region
Centroid at 43.0647, -86.2133 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Haven scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grand Haven
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$966 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Haven
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Haven
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Haven
6.2
How Grand Haven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 31Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2018)
- 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Haven
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Grand Haven, 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 in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 31 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.0% of renter households in 2018.
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 26139020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139020900?
Census tract 26139020900 in Grand Haven scores 3.9/10 (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 average rent in tract 26139020900?
Median gross rent is $966/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139020900?
17.1% of residents in tract 26139020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,527.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 28th, minority 12th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139020900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139020900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139020900 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26139020900 compare to Grand Haven overall?
Tract 26139020900 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Haven at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Haven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Grand Haven
Top eight tracts in Grand Haven ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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