Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Walker Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081011602 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,288
Census tract 26081011602 covers Walker, home to 3,288 residents. For landlords it grades 5.3/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $79,514 a year. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,308
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$79,514
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walker and the region
Centroid at 42.9931, -85.7626 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walker scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Walker
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Walker
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Walker
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Walker
4.4
How Walker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walker
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Walker eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kent County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081011602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081011602?
Census tract 26081011602 in Walker scores 2.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26081011602?
7.9% of residents in tract 26081011602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,288.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081011602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 62th, minority 21th, housing 57th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26081011602 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26081011602 compare to Walker overall?
Tract 26081011602 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Walker at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Walker eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Walker
Top eight tracts in Walker ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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