Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Kentwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081012612 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,479
Tract 26081012612 covers Kentwood in Michigan. Home to 3,479 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,058 a month against an average household income of $48,023 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,927
Renter share69.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$48,023
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kentwood and the region
Centroid at 42.8911, -85.5937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kentwood scores 3.7
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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,058 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Kentwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.7%Food insecurity
- 17.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kentwood
What moves this score most is 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 above the Kent County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081012612
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012612?
Census tract 26081012612 in Kentwood scores 3.7/10 (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 26081012612?
Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012612?
14.2% of residents in tract 26081012612 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,479.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012612?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 93th, minority 61th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081012612 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26081012612 compare to Kentwood overall?
Tract 26081012612 scores 3.7/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kentwood
Top eight tracts in Kentwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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