Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Zeeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139025500 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 4,231 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Zeeland
Census tract 26139025500 covers Zeeland, home to 4,231 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
77% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $958 monthly, set against $100,518 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,651
Renter share13.4%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$100,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zeeland and the region
Centroid at 42.7883, -86.0413 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zeeland scores 2.1
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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$958 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.4%Peak (2018)
- 1Filings 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zeeland
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Zeeland, 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 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.4% of renter households in 2018.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139025500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139025500?
Census tract 26139025500 in Zeeland 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 26139025500?
Median gross rent is $958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139025500?
2.8% of residents in tract 26139025500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139025500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 39th, minority 25th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139025500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139025500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.44% of renter households, peaking at 0.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139025500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26139025500 compare to Zeeland overall?
Tract 26139025500 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Zeeland at 2.9/10. 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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