Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139020501 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,296 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Spring Lake
For landlords sizing up Spring Lake, census tract 26139020501 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,007 a month against an average household income of $81,890 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,351
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$81,890
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spring Lake and the region
Centroid at 43.0667, -86.1609 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Lake scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spring Lake
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spring Lake
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spring Lake
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spring Lake
6.9
How Spring Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 34Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2018)
- 34Filings 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Lake
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 inherited from Spring Lake, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 7.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.9% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd 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 26139020501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139020501?
Census tract 26139020501 in Spring Lake 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 26139020501?
Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139020501?
3.0% of residents in tract 26139020501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,296.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139020501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 62th, minority 18th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139020501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139020501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.93% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139020501 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26139020501 compare to Spring Lake overall?
Tract 26139020501 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Spring Lake at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spring Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Spring Lake
Top eight tracts in Spring Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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