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Godwin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wyoming

Tract 26081014200 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,521 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 26081014200 in the Godwin Heights area of Wyoming, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,521 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 11% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,366

Renter share26.5%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate10.8%

Median income$69,318

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyoming and the region

Centroid at 42.8981, -85.6550 · click any tract to drill in

Why Godwin Heights scores 4.6

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

10.8% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$999 rent vs county FMR

1.9

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: 69

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

61%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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
7%Grade B
77%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.

20.0%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
26.5%Food insecurity
24.3%SNAP enrollment
13.2%Transit barriers
13.8%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
34.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Godwin Heights

Cost burden runs 57% here against 43.7% across Kent County. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Average gross rent is $999, 16% below the Wyoming average. SNAP participation runs 24.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 26.5% against 17.8% nationally.

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. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $69,318, annual rent is just 17%.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26081014200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081014200?

Census tract 26081014200 in the Godwin Heights neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 average rent in tract 26081014200?

Median gross rent is $999/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26081014200?

10.8% of residents in tract 26081014200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,521.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26081014200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 52th, minority 65th, housing 78th.

Is tract 26081014200 considered part of Godwin Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26081014200 fall within Godwin Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26081014200 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26081014200 compare to Wyoming overall?

Tract 26081014200 scores 4.6/10, 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.

Was tract 26081014200 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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