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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Godwin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wyoming

Tract 26081013700 · Kent County, MI · pop 7,385 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 26081013700 sits in the Godwin Heights area of Wyoming eviction laws, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 9% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,583
Renter share20.2%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$68,601

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Godwin Heights
Elevated
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 18 tracts In Wyoming
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 145 tracts In Kent County
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#937 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyoming and the region

Centroid at 42.9062, -85.6912 · click any tract to drill in

Why Godwin Heights scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wyoming
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,028 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wyoming
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wyoming
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wyoming
6.1

How Godwin Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Godwin Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0137004.2Wyomingparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

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.

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

Within Godwin Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Godwin Heights

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Kent County average of 43.7%. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. At $1,028 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Wyoming commands.

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 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 20% 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Against average income of $68,601, annual rent is just 18%.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26081013700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081013700?

Census tract 26081013700 in the Godwin Heights neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 26081013700?

Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081013700?

11.0% of residents in tract 26081013700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,385.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081013700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 82th, minority 67th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 26081013700 considered part of Godwin Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081013700 fall within Godwin Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26081013700 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26081013700 compare to Wyoming overall?

Tract 26081013700 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Wyoming at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wyoming eviction laws; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26081013700 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.
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