Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
East Grand Rapids Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081012300 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,488 · 48% of tract blocks fall in East Grand Rapids
In East Grand Rapids in Kent County, census tract 26081012300 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,811 a month against an average household income of $170,658 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,266
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$170,658
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Grand Rapids and the region
Centroid at 42.9556, -85.6057 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Grand Rapids scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Grand Rapids
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,811 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Grand Rapids
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Grand Rapids
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Grand Rapids
3.4
How East Grand Rapids compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 43%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 8%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
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.
- 4.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.9%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.5%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 19.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Grand Rapids
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from East Grand Rapids eviction risk, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081012300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012300?
Census tract 26081012300 in East Grand Rapids scores 1.2/10 (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 26081012300?
Median gross rent is $1,811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012300?
0.8% of residents in tract 26081012300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,488.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 10th, minority 13th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081012300 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.8% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081012300 compare to East Grand Rapids overall?
Tract 26081012300 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of East Grand Rapids at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Grand Rapids eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26081012300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Grand Rapids
Top eight tracts in East Grand Rapids ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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