Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Kentwood
Tract 26081012605 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,274 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
The Forest Hills neighborhood of Kentwood is where census tract 26081012605 sits, home to 3,274 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $872 a month while the average household earns $136,759 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,076
Renter share10.3%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$136,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kentwood and the region
Centroid at 42.9315, -85.5659 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Hills scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kentwood
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$872 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kentwood
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kentwood
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kentwood
5.0
How Forest Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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.
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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Hills
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. 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 Kentwood 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081012605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012605?
Census tract 26081012605 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 26081012605?
Median gross rent is $872/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012605?
9.3% of residents in tract 26081012605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,274.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 45th, minority 39th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 26081012605 considered part of Forest Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081012605 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26081012605 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26081012605 compare to Kentwood overall?
Tract 26081012605 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Kentwood at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kentwood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26081012605 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 Kentwood
Top eight tracts in Kentwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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