Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Norton Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121002602 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 4,550
Tract 26121002602, home to 4,550 residents in Norton Shores, scores 6.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 85% 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 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,349 monthly, set against $57,731 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,834
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$57,731
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norton Shores and the region
Centroid at 43.1446, -86.2278 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norton Shores scores 3.3
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,349 rent vs county FMR
6.7
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
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)
- 993Total filings over 8 yrs
- 20.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.5%Peak (2014)
- 123Filings 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% 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 26121002602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121002602?
Census tract 26121002602 in Norton Shores scores 3.3/10 (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 26121002602?
Median gross rent is $1,349/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121002602?
11.9% of residents in tract 26121002602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,550.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121002602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 72th, minority 26th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121002602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 993 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26121002602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.54% of renter households, peaking at 25.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121002602 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121002602 compare to Norton Shores overall?
Tract 26121002602 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norton Shores
Top eight tracts in Norton Shores ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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