Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Martin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26005031300 · Allegan County, MI · pop 4,949 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Martin
Census tract 26005031300 covers part of Martin, MI, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,949 residents. Average gross rent is $781, 112% above the Martin average.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,774
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$70,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Martin and the region
Centroid at 42.5587, -85.6622 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martin scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Martin
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$781 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Martin
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Martin
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Martin
3.6
How Martin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 144Total filings over 8 yrs
- 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2013)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martin
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
Court records carry 144 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 10.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $70,233, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
30% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Allegan County average of 3.9 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005031300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005031300?
Census tract 26005031300 in Martin scores 3.6/10 (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 26005031300?
Median gross rent is $781/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005031300?
10.0% of residents in tract 26005031300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005031300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 65th, minority 10th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005031300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 144 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005031300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005031300 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26005031300 compare to Martin overall?
Tract 26005031300 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Martin at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Martin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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