Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Godwin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wyoming

Tract 26081014100 · Kent County, MI · pop 2,307 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

26081014100 is a census tract in the Godwin Heights area of Wyoming, MI. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,307. roughly one in eight of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Kent County average of 43.7%.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 14% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units703

Renter share16.4%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate11.6%

Median income$80,685

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyoming and the region

Centroid at 42.8911, -85.6721 · click any tract to drill in

Why Godwin Heights scores 4.4

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

11.6% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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

51%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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
94%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

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.

15.7%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
19.7%Food insecurity
16.5%SNAP enrollment
10.1%Transit barriers
11.4%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
31.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Godwin Heights

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10.

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 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Kent County average of 4.2 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26081014100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081014100?

Census tract 26081014100 in the Godwin Heights neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081014100?

11.6% of residents in tract 26081014100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,307.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081014100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 87th, minority 71th, housing 25th.

Is tract 26081014100 considered part of Godwin Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081014100 fall within Godwin Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26081014100 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081014100 compare to Wyoming overall?

Tract 26081014100 scores 4.4/10, right in line with 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.

Was tract 26081014100 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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