Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002400 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 3,277
The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 26121002400 reflects conditions in Norton Shores in Muskegon County, Michigan. On the national scale it ranks #29,833 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,116 a month against an average household income of $63,409 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,408
Renter share22.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$63,409
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Shores and the region
Centroid at 43.1845, -86.2664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Shores scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norton Shores
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norton Shores
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norton Shores
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norton Shores
5.7
How Norton Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 24%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
- 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)
- 296Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2011)
- 21Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norton Shores
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Norton Shores 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 in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 296 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 6.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.0% of renter households in 2011.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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 26121002400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002400?
Census tract 26121002400 in Norton Shores scores 2.8/10 (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 26121002400?
Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121002400?
6.2% of residents in tract 26121002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,277.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 43th, minority 24th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121002400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 296 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.42% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121002400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121002400 compare to Norton Shores overall?
Tract 26121002400 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Norton Shores at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norton Shores eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26121002400 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. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norton Shores
Top eight tracts in Norton Shores ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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