Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Hopkins Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26005030600 · Allegan County, MI · pop 5,086 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Hopkins
Census tract 26005030600 covers part of Hopkins, MI, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,086. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,944
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$86,627
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hopkins and the region
Centroid at 42.6306, -85.7745 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hopkins scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hopkins
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hopkins
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hopkins
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hopkins
7.2
How Hopkins compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 160Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2011)
- 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 8 months.
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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hopkins
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 160 evictions over 8 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 12.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $86,627, annual rent is just 14%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for about a quarter of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005030600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005030600?
Census tract 26005030600 in Hopkins scores 4.2/10 (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 26005030600?
Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005030600?
12.9% of residents in tract 26005030600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,086.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005030600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 21th, minority 15th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005030600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005030600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.94% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005030600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26005030600 compare to Hopkins overall?
Tract 26005030600 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Hopkins at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hopkins; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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