Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26081014809 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081014809 · Kent County, MI · pop 5,938
Census tract 26081014809 covers Kent, home to 5,938 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #32,936 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,234 monthly, set against $62,850 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,687
Renter share53.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$62,850
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kent County and the region
Centroid at 42.8517, -85.6096 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26081014809 scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,234 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26081014809 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26081014809
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kent County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26081014809
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081014809?
Census tract 26081014809 in Kent County scores 3.2/10 (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 26081014809?
Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081014809?
8.8% of residents in tract 26081014809 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,938.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081014809?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 66th, minority 64th, housing 31th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081014809 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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