Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139022106 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139022106 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,893
Census tract 26139022106 covers Ottawa, home to 3,893 residents. For landlords it grades 4.2/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #70,792 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
5% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $122,256 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,359
Renter share6.4%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$122,256
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.8294, -86.1714 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139022106 scores 1.7
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 26139022106 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 5Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2018)
- 5Filings 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139022106
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 below 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 9.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.8% of renter households in 2018.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% 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 26139022106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139022106?
Census tract 26139022106 in Ottawa County scores 1.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26139022106?
3.4% of residents in tract 26139022106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,893.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139022106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 23th, minority 26th, housing 8th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139022106?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139022106 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.80% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139022106 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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