Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Plainwell Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26005032000 · Allegan County, MI · pop 5,382 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Plainwell
How risky is Plainwell in Allegan County for landlords? Census tract 26005032000 scores 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,060 a month against an average household income of $68,864 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,986
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$68,864
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainwell and the region
Centroid at 42.4868, -85.6045 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainwell scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plainwell
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plainwell
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plainwell
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plainwell
6.2
How Plainwell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 464Total filings over 8 yrs
- 10.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.6%Peak (2014)
- 29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% 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
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainwell
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. 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 Plainwell, 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 above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 464 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 10.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.6% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 73rd 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26005032000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26005032000?
Census tract 26005032000 in Plainwell 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 26005032000?
Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26005032000?
17.7% of residents in tract 26005032000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,382.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26005032000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 46th, minority 23th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26005032000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 464 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26005032000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.74% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26005032000 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26005032000 compare to Plainwell overall?
Tract 26005032000 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Plainwell at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainwell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plainwell
Top eight tracts in Plainwell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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