Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139021901 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139021901 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 5,304
Tract 26139021901, home to 5,304 residents in Ottawa, scores 5.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,122 a month while the average household earns $96,518 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,904
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$96,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.9076, -85.9709 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139021901 scores 2.2
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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,122 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 26139021901 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.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%Peak (2018)
- 1Filings 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139021901
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 below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% 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 26139021901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021901?
Census tract 26139021901 in Ottawa County scores 2.2/10 (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 26139021901?
Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021901?
3.2% of residents in tract 26139021901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,304.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 21th, minority 13th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139021901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139021901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.72% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139021901 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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