Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Comstock Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Grand Rapids
Tract 26081011406 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,100 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 26081011406 in the Comstock Park area of Comstock Park, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,100 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,253
Renter share67.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$44,596
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region
Centroid at 43.0373, -85.6801 · click any tract to drill in
Why Comstock Park scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grand Rapids
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,026 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Rapids
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Rapids
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Rapids
6.4
How Comstock Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 34%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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 Comstock Park. 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 22.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Comstock Park
Against Kent County at 43.7%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Against the Kent County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,026, 14% below the Comstock Park average.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $44,596.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011406?
Census tract 26081011406 in the Comstock Park neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26081011406?
Median gross rent is $1,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011406?
15.5% of residents in tract 26081011406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,100.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 86th, minority 63th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 26081011406 considered part of Comstock Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081011406 fall within Comstock Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26081011406 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26081011406 compare to Grand Rapids overall?
Tract 26081011406 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Rapids at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Rapids eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26081011406 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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