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Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Spring Lake Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26139021100 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 4,777 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Spring Lake

Census tract 26139021100 covers part of Spring Lake, MI, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,777 residents. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$91,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Spring Lake
Very High
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 64 tracts In Ottawa County
Moderate
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#1,845 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
National
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#59,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spring Lake and the region

Centroid at 43.0724, -86.1881 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spring Lake scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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.
Spring Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.4This tracttract 0211003.5Spring Lakeparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 10Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2018)
  • 10Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spring Lake

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Against Ottawa County at 38.7%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10 filings here across 1 tracked years.

SNAP participation runs 8.0% against 15.2% nationally. At $961 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Spring Lake commands. The worst year on record was 2018, when 3.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26139021100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021100?

Census tract 26139021100 in Spring Lake scores 3.4/10 (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 26139021100?

Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021100?

7.7% of residents in tract 26139021100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,777.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 16th, minority 5th, housing 16th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139021100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139021100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.11% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 26139021100 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.3% 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.
Q7

How does tract 26139021100 compare to Spring Lake overall?

Tract 26139021100 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Spring Lake at 3.5/10. 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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