Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehall Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26121004000 · Muskegon County, MI · pop 2,201 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Whitehall
The Moderate-tier score of 4.6/10 for census tract 26121004000 reflects conditions in Whitehall, Michigan. It lands near the 26th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 3% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $784 monthly, set against $81,912 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units794
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$81,912
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitehall and the region
Centroid at 43.4238, -86.2265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehall scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitehall
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$784 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitehall
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitehall
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitehall
5.6
How Whitehall compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 37Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2012)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehall
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Whitehall, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Muskegon County average of 5.9 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 10.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.4% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26121004000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26121004000?
Census tract 26121004000 in Whitehall 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 26121004000?
Median gross rent is $784/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 3% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26121004000?
9.0% of residents in tract 26121004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,201.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26121004000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 13th, minority 27th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26121004000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 26121004000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.69% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26121004000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26121004000 compare to Whitehall overall?
Tract 26121004000 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Whitehall at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitehall; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitehall
Top eight tracts in Whitehall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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