Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Plainfield Charter Township Eviction Risk: Lower , Comstock Park
Tract 26081011102 ·
Kent County, MI · pop 5,274 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 26081011102 sits in the Plainfield Charter Township area of Comstock Park, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. It is home to 5,274 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%Stable renters 2%Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share5.8%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$107,054
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Plainfield Charter Township
Moderate
Within parent city
0th percentile
#5 of 5 tracts In Comstock Park
Very Low
Within county
31th percentile
#101 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Low
Within state
38th percentile
#1,845 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Comstock Park and the region
Centroid at 43.0749, -85.6321 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainfield Charter Township scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Comstock Park
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Comstock Park
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Comstock Park
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Comstock Park
6.4
How Plainfield Charter Township compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
17%Socioeconomic
53%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
40%Housing & transportation
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.
7.4%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
6.9%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
4.6%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainfield Charter Township
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Cost burden runs 57% here against 43.7% across Kent County. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. At $1,047 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Comstock Park commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $107,054, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011102?
Census tract 26081011102 in the Plainfield Charter Township neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 26081011102?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011102?
6.7% of residents in tract 26081011102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,274.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 53th, minority 24th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 26081011102 considered part of Plainfield Charter Township?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081011102 fall within Plainfield Charter Township (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26081011102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26081011102 compare to Comstock Park overall?
Tract 26081011102 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Comstock Park at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Comstock Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Comstock Park
Top eight tracts in Comstock Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.