Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Comstock Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Grand Rapids
Tract 26081011501 · Kent County, MI · pop 1,637 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
26081011501 is a census tract in the Comstock Park area of Walker, MI. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,637. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units918
Renter share73.0%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$73,622
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Rapids and the region
Centroid at 43.0167, -85.6766 · click any tract to drill in
Why Comstock Park scores 4
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,201 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Rapids
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Rapids
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Rapids
4.4
How Comstock Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 75%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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Comstock Park
73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against Kent County at 43.7%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,201, close to the Walker average.
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 26081011501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011501?
Census tract 26081011501 in the Comstock Park 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 26081011501?
Median gross rent is $1,201/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081011501?
8.0% of residents in tract 26081011501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 5th, minority 38th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 26081011501 considered part of Comstock Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081011501 fall within Comstock Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26081011501 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26081011501 compare to Grand Rapids overall?
Tract 26081011501 scores 4/10, right in line with 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 26081011501 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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