Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Cedar Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26081010200 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,520 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Springs
Census tract 26081010200 covers part of Cedar Springs, MI, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,520 residents. 44% 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
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,680
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$57,007
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cedar Springs and the region
Centroid at 43.2246, -85.5438 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Springs scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cedar Springs
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,096 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Springs
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Springs
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Springs
8.8
How Cedar Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
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.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.4%Food insecurity
- 22.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedar Springs
64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Kent County average of 43.7%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.8/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.8/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Kent County average of 4.2.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 22.5% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,096, close to the Cedar Springs average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010200?
Census tract 26081010200 in Cedar Springs scores 5.6/10 (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 26081010200?
Median gross rent is $1,096/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010200?
21.5% of residents in tract 26081010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,520.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 23th, minority 28th, housing 76th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.4% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081010200 compare to Cedar Springs overall?
Tract 26081010200 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Springs at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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