Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Kentwood Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26081012800 · Kent County, MI · pop 4,592

Tract 26081012800 sits in Kentwood eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. Population here is 4,592. Against Kent County at 43.7%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 8% Owners 89%

Tract context

Occupied units1,669

Renter share10.8%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate6.2%

Median income$82,960

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kentwood and the region

Centroid at 42.8746, -85.6359 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kentwood scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

6.2% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,182 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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: 49

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

36%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
36%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
13%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.

12.3%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
16.0%Food insecurity
14.0%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
7.8%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
29.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kentwood

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Grand Rapids. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $82,960, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,182, close to the Kentwood average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081012800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081012800?

Census tract 26081012800 in Kentwood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26081012800?

Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081012800?

6.2% of residents in tract 26081012800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,592.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081012800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 82th, minority 59th, housing 36th.

What share of households in tract 26081012800 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.3% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081012800 compare to Kentwood overall?

Tract 26081012800 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Kentwood at 4.3/10. 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.

Was tract 26081012800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.