Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139020503 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139020503 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,858
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 26139020503 in Ottawa County, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,858 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$92,188
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 43.1074, -86.1787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139020503 scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,199 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26139020503 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 69Total filings over 1 yrs
- 53.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 53.1%Peak (2018)
- 69Filings 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139020503
Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 38.7% across Ottawa County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 69 filings here across 1 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 53.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 53.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 5% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $92,188, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139020503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139020503?
Census tract 26139020503 in Ottawa County scores 3.5/10 (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 26139020503?
Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139020503?
6.7% of residents in tract 26139020503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,858.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139020503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 23th, minority 7th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139020503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 69 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139020503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 53.08% of renter households, peaking at 53.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139020503 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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