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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Godwin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wyoming

Tract 26081004100 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,652 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Eviction risk in the Godwin Heights area of Wyoming centers on tract 26081004100, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,652 residents. That is riskier than roughly 68% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $997 monthly, set against $91,344 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 5% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,687
Renter share13.0%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$91,344

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Godwin Heights
High
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#36 of 53 tracts In Wyoming
Low
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#42 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Elevated
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#1,156 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyoming and the region

Centroid at 42.9188, -85.6570 · click any tract to drill in

Why Godwin Heights scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wyoming
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$997 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wyoming
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wyoming
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wyoming
4.5

How Godwin Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Godwin Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 004100Wyoming: 3.03.0Wyomingparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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

Within Godwin Heights. 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 Godwin Heights

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wyoming eviction laws, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kent County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081004100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081004100?

Census tract 26081004100 in the Godwin Heights neighborhood scores 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26081004100?

Median gross rent is $997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081004100?

14.4% of residents in tract 26081004100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,652.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081004100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 59th, minority 64th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 26081004100 considered part of Godwin Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081004100 fall within Godwin Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26081004100 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26081004100 compare to Wyoming overall?

Tract 26081004100 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Wyoming at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wyoming eviction laws; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26081004100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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Top eight tracts in Wyoming ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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