Skip to content
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Grand Rapids Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26081002700 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,323

Census tract 26081002700 covers part of Grand Rapids, MI, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,323 residents. Cost burden runs 63% here against 43.7% across Kent County.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 21% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,424
Renter share56.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$73,581

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 53 tracts In Grand Rapids
Moderate
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#880 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.9524, -85.7026 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grand Rapids 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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,566 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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.
Grand Rapids risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0027004.0Grand Rapidsparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grand Rapids

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. At $1,566 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Grand Rapids commands.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $73,581. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26081002700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081002700?

Census tract 26081002700 in Grand Rapids 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26081002700?

Median gross rent is $1,566/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081002700?

15.5% of residents in tract 26081002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,323.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 8th, minority 39th, housing 49th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 26081002700 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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.
Q6

How does tract 26081002700 compare to Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081002700 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.
Q7

Was tract 26081002700 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. 11% 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.

Related