Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26081010803 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081010803 · Kent County, MI · pop 6,490
26081010803 is a census tract in Kent County, MI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,490. Cost burden runs 20% here against 43.7% across Kent County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,425
Renter share3.4%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$126,424
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kent County and the region
Centroid at 43.1534, -85.5158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26081010803 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,295 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26081010803 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26081010803
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
It sits 1.2 points below the Kent County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 6.7% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $126,424, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081010803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081010803?
Census tract 26081010803 in Kent County scores 3/10 (Lower 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 26081010803?
Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081010803?
2.9% of residents in tract 26081010803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,490.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081010803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 29th, minority 12th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081010803 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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