Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26081014811 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26081014811 · Kent County, MI · pop 3,634
Census tract 26081014811 runs through Kent. With 3,634 residents, it scores 4.6/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 26% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 5% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,630 a month against an average household income of $83,317 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,123
Renter share9.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$83,317
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kent County and the region
Centroid at 42.8342, -85.5164 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26081014811 scores 3.1
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
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,630 rent vs county FMR
6.3
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 26081014811 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26081014811
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 below the Kent County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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 26081014811
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26081014811?
Census tract 26081014811 in Kent County scores 3.1/10 (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 26081014811?
Median gross rent is $1,630/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 5% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26081014811?
12.1% of residents in tract 26081014811 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,634.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26081014811?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 13th, minority 34th, housing 41th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26081014811 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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