Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Lowell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081012004 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,881 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Lowell
In Lowell, census tract 26081012004 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $778 monthly, set against $72,292 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,962
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$72,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.9502, -85.3452 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lowell scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lowell
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$778 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lowell
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lowell
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lowell
5.6
How Lowell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lowell
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. 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 Lowell, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kent County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081012004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012004?
Census tract 26081012004 in Lowell scores 2.7/10 (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 average rent in tract 26081012004?
Median gross rent is $778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012004?
8.1% of residents in tract 26081012004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,881.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 62th, minority 6th, housing 88th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081012004 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081012004 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 26081012004 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Lowell at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lowell
Top eight tracts in Lowell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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