Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Grand Rapids Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26081000900 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,318

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 26081000900 in Grand Rapids, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,318. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 17% Owners 63%

Tract context

Occupied units1,346

Renter share37.2%

SVI overall0.33

Poverty rate10.9%

Median income$78,142

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.9932, -85.6685 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grand Rapids scores 4.2

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

10.9% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,002 rent vs county FMR

1.9

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 Grand Rapids compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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

61%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
36%Racial/ethnic minority
27%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
0%Grade B
45%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

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.

15.5%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
19.6%Food insecurity
18.9%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
21.0%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grand Rapids

Cost burden runs 54% here against 43.7% across Kent County. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

At $1,002 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Grand Rapids commands. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

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 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Against average income of $78,142, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. 37% 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 26081000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081000900?

Census tract 26081000900 in Grand Rapids 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26081000900?

Median gross rent is $1,002/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081000900?

10.9% of residents in tract 26081000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,318.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 10th, minority 36th, housing 27th.

What share of households in tract 26081000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081000900 compare to Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081000900 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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 26081000900 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Grand Rapids

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