Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Heritage Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Grand Rapids

Tract 26081001400 · Kent County, MI · pop 2,380 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

26081001400 is a census tract in the Heritage Hill Historic District area of Grand Rapids, MI. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,380. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 42% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units1,379

Renter share70.5%

SVI overall0.09

Poverty rate18.4%

Median income$69,351

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.9772, -85.6677 · click any tract to drill in

Why Heritage Hill Historic District scores 5.2

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

18.4% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$1,667 rent vs county FMR

6.6

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 Heritage Hill Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

47%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
10%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
19%Grade C
19%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 Heritage Hill Historic District. 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.

10.1%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
9.4%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
21.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Heritage Hill Historic District

Average gross rent is $1,667, 32% above the Grand Rapids average. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

It sits 1.0 points above the Kent County average of 4.2. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The voucher gap is 15.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Grand Rapids. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26081001400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081001400?

Census tract 26081001400 in the Heritage Hill Historic District neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 26081001400?

Median gross rent is $1,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081001400?

18.4% of residents in tract 26081001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,380.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 1th, minority 39th, housing 10th.

Is tract 26081001400 considered part of Heritage Hill Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081001400 fall within Heritage Hill Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26081001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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 26081001400 compare to Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081001400 scores 5.2/10, 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 26081001400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 19% 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.