Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139022001 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139022001 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 6,309
For landlords sizing up Ottawa, census tract 26139022001 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,291 monthly, set against $86,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,060
Renter share12.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$86,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.9034, -86.0786 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139022001 scores 2.4
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
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,291 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 26139022001 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 55Total filings over 1 yrs
- 16.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.0%Peak (2018)
- 55Filings 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139022001
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139022001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139022001?
Census tract 26139022001 in Ottawa County scores 2.4/10 (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 26139022001?
Median gross rent is $1,291/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139022001?
3.5% of residents in tract 26139022001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,309.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139022001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 32th, minority 43th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139022001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139022001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.98% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139022001 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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