Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26121001901 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121001901 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,848
Census tract 26121001901 sits in Muskegon eviction risk in Muskegon County, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,288 monthly, set against $70,692 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,421
Renter share10.6%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$70,692
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Muskegon County and the region
Centroid at 43.2522, -86.1693 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26121001901 scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,288 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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 26121001901 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.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 0%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)
- 949Total filings over 8 yrs
- 46.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 57.8%Peak (2016)
- 81Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26121001901
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.2/10. 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 about the same as the Muskegon County average of 5.9 and in line with 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"). 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 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121001901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121001901?
Census tract 26121001901 in Muskegon 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 26121001901?
Median gross rent is $1,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121001901?
9.6% of residents in tract 26121001901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,848.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121001901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 49th, minority 24th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121001901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 949 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121001901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 46.34% of renter households, peaking at 57.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121001901 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
Was tract 26121001901 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. 0% 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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