Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Haven Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26139021204 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,342 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Grand Haven
26139021204 is a census tract in Grand Haven, MI. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,716
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$58,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Haven and the region
Centroid at 43.0345, -86.2074 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Haven scores 5.1
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,184 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Haven
At $1,184 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Grand Haven commands. It sits 1.3 points above the Ottawa County average of 3.8.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Ottawa County average of 38.7%.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.8/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $58,917.
51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139021204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021204?
Census tract 26139021204 in Grand Haven scores 5.1/10 (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 26139021204?
Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021204?
11.2% of residents in tract 26139021204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,342.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 31th, minority 9th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139021204 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26139021204 compare to Grand Haven overall?
Tract 26139021204 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Haven at 4/10. 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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