Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Muskegon Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121000800 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 2,752
Here is how census tract 26121000800, in Muskegon eviction risk in Muskegon County, looks to a landlord: a 6.2/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,752. On the national scale it ranks #16,552 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,143 a month while the average household earns $62,906 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,169
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$62,906
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon and the region
Centroid at 43.2273, -86.2756 · click any tract to drill in
Why Muskegon scores 3.7
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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Muskegon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 15%Grade B
- 9%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 1,032Total filings over 8 yrs
- 21.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.4%Peak (2014)
- 122Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 15% over the past 8 months.
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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 17.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Muskegon
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,032 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 21.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 25.4% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% 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 26121000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121000800?
Census tract 26121000800 in Muskegon scores 3.7/10 (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 26121000800?
Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121000800?
7.2% of residents in tract 26121000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,752.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 59th, minority 44th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121000800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,032 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.14% of renter households, peaking at 25.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121000800 compare to Muskegon overall?
Tract 26121000800 scores 3.7/10, right in line with 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.
Q8
Was tract 26121000800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 5% 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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