Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Shady Park Neighbourhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Muskegon
Tract 26121000401 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 4,781 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 26121000401 belongs to the Shady Park Neighbourhood neighborhood of Muskegon, Michigan. It is home to 4,781 residents and scores 6.5/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,134 monthly, set against $55,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,740
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$55,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon and the region
Centroid at 43.2291, -86.2162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shady Park Neighbourhood scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Muskegon
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Muskegon
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Muskegon
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Muskegon
7.5
How Shady Park Neighbourhood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 71%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,084Total filings over 8 yrs
- 20.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.9%Peak (2018)
- 173Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 52% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Shady Park Neighbourhood. 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.
- 20.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.0%Food insecurity
- 27.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shady Park Neighbourhood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 inherited from Muskegon eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Muskegon County average of 5.9 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 71% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121000401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121000401?
Census tract 26121000401 in the Shady Park Neighbourhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26121000401?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121000401?
17.0% of residents in tract 26121000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,781.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121000401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 84th, minority 70th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 26121000401 considered part of Shady Park Neighbourhood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26121000401 fall within Shady Park Neighbourhood (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121000401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,084 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121000401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.64% of renter households, peaking at 29.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26121000401 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.5% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26121000401 compare to Muskegon overall?
Tract 26121000401 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Muskegon at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Muskegon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 26121000401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 71% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Muskegon
Top eight tracts in Muskegon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MI
26121000402
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
26121000300
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
26121004200
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
26121000500
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26121000601
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
Shady Park Neighbourhood
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26121000900
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26121002100
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Related