Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Muskegon Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26121001402 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,197
Tract 26121001402, home to 3,197 residents in Muskegon Heights, scores 7.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #3,657 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $910 a month against an average household income of $38,085 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,244
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate33.5%
Median income$38,085
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon Heights and the region
Centroid at 43.1942, -86.2489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Muskegon Heights scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
33.5% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$910 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Muskegon Heights
8.1
How Muskegon Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 20%Grade C
- 60%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)
- 1,754Total filings over 8 yrs
- 31.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.1%Peak (2012)
- 211Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 33.8%Housing insecurity
- 28.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.9%Food insecurity
- 53.3%SNAP enrollment
- 23.3%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 24.5%Frequent mental distress
- 45.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Muskegon Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Heights, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,754 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 31.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 34.1% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 33.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 28.9% 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 26121001402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121001402?
Census tract 26121001402 in Muskegon Heights scores 5.9/10 (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 26121001402?
Median gross rent is $910/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121001402?
33.5% of residents in tract 26121001402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,197.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121001402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 88th, minority 86th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121001402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,754 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121001402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 31.00% of renter households, peaking at 34.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121001402 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.8% 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. 28.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121001402 compare to Muskegon Heights overall?
Tract 26121001402 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Muskegon Heights at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Muskegon eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26121001402 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. 60% 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 Heights
Top eight tracts in Muskegon Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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