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Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 26139021304 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26139021304 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 5,927

Census tract 26139021304 sits in Ottawa, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,139 monthly, set against $104,345 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 3% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,362
Renter share5.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$104,345

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 64 tracts In Ottawa County
Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#2,496 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very Low
National
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#72,539 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region

Centroid at 42.9828, -86.1974 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 26139021304 scores 2.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 26139021304 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 26139021304 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.12.1This tracttract 021304County: 2.72.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 3Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 4.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2018)
  • 3Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139021304

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26139021304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021304?

Census tract 26139021304 in Ottawa County scores 2.1/10 (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 26139021304?

Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021304?

4.4% of residents in tract 26139021304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,927.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 42th, minority 5th, housing 23th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139021304?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139021304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.23% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 26139021304 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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