Within county
81
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139021502 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139021502 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,569
Eviction risk in Ottawa in Ottawa County centers on tract 26139021502, which scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,569 residents. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,121 a month against an average household income of $69,817 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,513
Renter share37.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$69,817
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.8841, -85.7959 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139021502 scores 3.3
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
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 26139021502 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139021502
The heaviest input here is 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 17th 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 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% 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 26139021502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021502?
Census tract 26139021502 in Ottawa County scores 3.3/10 (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 26139021502?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021502?
11.3% of residents in tract 26139021502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,569.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 5th, minority 41th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139021502 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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