Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Comstock Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Grand Rapids

Tract 26081000200 · Kent County, MI · pop 1,942 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 26081000200 covers part of the Comstock Park area of Grand Rapids, MI, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 8% Owners 89%

Tract context

Occupied units572

Renter share11.2%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate15.7%

Median income$72,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 43.0173, -85.6551 · click any tract to drill in

Why Comstock Park scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Grand Rapids

5.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

15.7% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,096 rent vs county FMR

2.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Grand Rapids

1.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Grand Rapids

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Grand Rapids

4.5

How Comstock Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

56%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
15%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
82%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Comstock Park. 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.

10.0%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
11.3%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
30.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Comstock Park

Against Kent County at 43.7%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.

At $1,096 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Grand Rapids commands. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $72,500.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081000200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081000200?

Census tract 26081000200 in the Comstock Park neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26081000200?

Median gross rent is $1,096/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081000200?

15.7% of residents in tract 26081000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,942.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 55th, minority 26th, housing 15th.

Is tract 26081000200 considered part of Comstock Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081000200 fall within Comstock Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26081000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081000200 compare to Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081000200 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Rapids at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Rapids eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26081000200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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