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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Allegan Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26005031200 · Allegan County, MI · pop 5,742 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Allegan

26005031200 is a census tract in Allegan, MI. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,742. 70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Allegan County average of 27.8%.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 9% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,084
Renter share30.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$52,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Allegan
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 30 tracts In Allegan County
Very High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Allegan and the region

Centroid at 42.5300, -85.8500 · click any tract to drill in

Why Allegan scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Allegan
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Allegan
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Allegan
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Allegan
7.6

How Allegan compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Allegan risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0312004.0Alleganparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 780Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 10.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.2%Peak (2011)
  • 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 26005031200
Filings dropped 47% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Allegan

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10. Against the Allegan County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.6/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 780 filings here across 8 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 12.2% of renter households.

At $1,024 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Allegan commands. In a typical year about 10.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $52,750.

30% 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 26005031200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005031200?

Census tract 26005031200 in Allegan scores 5.4/10 (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 26005031200?

Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26005031200?

16.5% of residents in tract 26005031200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,742.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26005031200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 48th, minority 33th, housing 92th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005031200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 780 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005031200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.69% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 26005031200 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.3% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26005031200 compare to Allegan overall?

Tract 26005031200 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Allegan at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Allegan; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Allegan

Top eight tracts in Allegan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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