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

Godwin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wyoming

Tract 26081004600 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,789 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 26081004600 in the Godwin Heights area of Grand Rapids, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,789 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 49% Stable renters 13% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,290
Renter share62.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$40,566

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Godwin Heights
Very High
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 53 tracts In Wyoming
Elevated
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 145 tracts In Kent County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyoming and the region

Centroid at 42.9008, -85.6359 · click any tract to drill in

Why Godwin Heights scores 5.4

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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,051 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 / state5.4This tracttract 0046004.2Wyomingparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

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.

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

78% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Kent County average of 43.7%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

SNAP participation runs 31.7% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Kent County average of 4.2.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Average gross rent is $1,051, 17% below the Grand Rapids average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 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.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, 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. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081004600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081004600?

Census tract 26081004600 in the Godwin Heights 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26081004600?

Median gross rent is $1,051/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081004600?

19.0% of residents in tract 26081004600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,789.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081004600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 99th, minority 73th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 26081004600 considered part of Godwin Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081004600 fall within Godwin Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26081004600 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.9% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26081004600 compare to Wyoming overall?

Tract 26081004600 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Wyoming at 4.2/10. 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 26081004600 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. 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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