Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Grand Rapids Charter Township Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26081001102 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,818 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 26081001102 covers part of the Grand Rapids Charter Township area of Grand Rapids, MI, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,818 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 27% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,763

Renter share55.5%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate19.5%

Median income$50,509

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.9905, -85.6125 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grand Rapids Charter Township scores 5.4

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

19.5% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$1,089 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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 Charter Township compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

43%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
43%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Grand Rapids Charter Township. 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
14.3%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
30.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grand Rapids Charter Township

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 51% here against 43.7% across Kent County.

Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $1,089, 14% below the Grand Rapids average. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $50,509. 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 26081001102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081001102?

Census tract 26081001102 in the Grand Rapids Charter Township neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26081001102?

Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081001102?

19.5% of residents in tract 26081001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,818.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081001102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 92th, minority 43th, housing 53th.

Is tract 26081001102 considered part of Grand Rapids Charter Township?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081001102 fall within Grand Rapids Charter Township (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26081001102 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.

How does tract 26081001102 compare to Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081001102 scores 5.4/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Grand Rapids

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