Grand Rapids Charter Township Eviction Risk: Lower

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. At $1,627 a month, rents run 29% over what the rest of Grand Rapids commands.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

It sits 1.2 points below the Kent County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 12.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $130,792, annual rent is just 15%. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

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