Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Wayland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26005030502 · Allegan County, MI · pop 4,885 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Wayland
Tract 26005030502 sits in Wayland, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 4,885. Against Allegan County at 27.8%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4
Moderate
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
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayland and the region
Centroid at 42.6668, -85.6343 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayland scores 4
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
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $75,343, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Allegan County average of 3.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,085, close to the Wayland average. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005030502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005030502?
Census tract 26005030502 in Wayland scores 4/10 (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 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 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Wayland at 3.8/10. 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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