Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Wayland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26005030502 · Allegan County, MI · pop 4,885 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Wayland
Census tract 26005030502 belongs to Wayland, Michigan. It is home to 4,885 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,085 monthly, set against $75,343 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,889
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$75,343
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayland and the region
Centroid at 42.6668, -85.6343 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayland scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wayland
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wayland
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wayland
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wayland
5.6
How Wayland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%Housing & transportation
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
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayland
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Wayland, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Allegan County average of 5.2 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th 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 26005030502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005030502?
Census tract 26005030502 in Wayland scores 2.9/10 (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 26005030502?
Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005030502?
10.1% of residents in tract 26005030502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,885.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005030502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 28th, minority 19th, housing 83th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26005030502 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26005030502 compare to Wayland overall?
Tract 26005030502 scores 2.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Wayland at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wayland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wayland
Top eight tracts in Wayland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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