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

Heritage Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Grand Rapids

Tract 26081003200 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,617 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

26081003200 is a census tract in the Heritage Hill Historic District area of Grand Rapids, MI. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,617. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 17% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,881

Renter share44.6%

SVI overall0.80

Poverty rate29.9%

Median income$43,200

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.9480, -85.6444 · click any tract to drill in

Why Heritage Hill Historic District 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

29.9% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$1,329 rent vs county FMR

4.2

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: 80

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

94%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
80%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
16%Grade B
46%Grade C
38%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.

30.1%Housing insecurity
24.3%Utility-shutoff threat
40.9%Food insecurity
44.1%SNAP enrollment
21.1%Transit barriers
13.4%No health insurance
23.5%Frequent mental distress
39.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Heritage Hill Historic District

Cost burden runs 63% here against 43.7% across Kent County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Set annual rent against average income of $43,200 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 30.1% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. It sits 1.2 points above the Kent County average of 4.2.

On the high side, economic stress reads 7.5/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26081003200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081003200?

Census tract 26081003200 in the Heritage Hill Historic District 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 26081003200?

Median gross rent is $1,329/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081003200?

29.9% of residents in tract 26081003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,617.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081003200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 83th, minority 80th, housing 27th.

Is tract 26081003200 considered part of Heritage Hill Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081003200 fall within Heritage Hill Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26081003200 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.1% 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. 24.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081003200 compare to Grand Rapids overall?

Tract 26081003200 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.

Was tract 26081003200 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. 38% 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.