Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Zeeland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26139022900 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 6,549 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Zeeland
26139022900 is a census tract in Zeeland, MI. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 59% here against 38.7% across Ottawa County.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,617
Renter share30.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$71,838
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zeeland and the region
Centroid at 42.8169, -86.0170 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zeeland scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zeeland
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$923 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zeeland
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zeeland
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zeeland
7.2
How Zeeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 19Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2018)
- 19Filings 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zeeland
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Against the Ottawa County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
The filing record is not thin: 19 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2018 at 2.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $71,838, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139022900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139022900?
Census tract 26139022900 in Zeeland scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 26139022900?
Median gross rent is $923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139022900?
13.8% of residents in tract 26139022900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,549.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139022900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 73th, minority 25th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139022900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139022900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139022900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26139022900 compare to Zeeland overall?
Tract 26139022900 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Zeeland at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zeeland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Zeeland
Top eight tracts in Zeeland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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