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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Northview Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26081011301 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,569 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

26081011301 is a census tract in the Northview area of Northview, MI. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,569. Cost burden runs 68% here against 43.7% across Kent County.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 4% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,809
Renter share12.5%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$76,193

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Northview
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Northview
Very High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#1,387 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Northview and the region

Centroid at 43.0496, -85.6030 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northview scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Northview
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,544 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northview
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northview
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northview
5.5

How Northview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northview risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0113013.8Northviewparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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 Northview. 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 Northview

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. At $1,544 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Northview commands. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $76,193.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26081011301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011301?

Census tract 26081011301 in the Northview 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 26081011301?

Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011301?

10.3% of residents in tract 26081011301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,569.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 28th, minority 22th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 26081011301 considered part of Northview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081011301 fall within Northview (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26081011301 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26081011301 compare to Northview overall?

Tract 26081011301 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Northview at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northview; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26081011301 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Northview

Top eight tracts in Northview ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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