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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Spring Lake Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26139020501 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,296 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Spring Lake

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 26139020501 in Spring Lake, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 60% here against 38.7% across Ottawa County.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 10% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,351
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$81,890

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Spring Lake
Very Low
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#38 of 64 tracts In Ottawa County
Moderate
Within state
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#2,024 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Spring Lake and the region

Centroid at 43.0667, -86.1609 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spring Lake scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Spring Lake
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spring Lake
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spring Lake
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spring Lake
6.9

How Spring Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spring Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0205013.5Spring Lakeparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 34Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 7.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.9%Peak (2018)
  • 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spring Lake

The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.

The filing record is not thin: 34 evictions over 1 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2018 at 7.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26139020501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139020501?

Census tract 26139020501 in Spring Lake 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 26139020501?

Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26139020501?

3.0% of residents in tract 26139020501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,296.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26139020501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 62th, minority 18th, housing 84th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139020501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139020501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.93% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 26139020501 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26139020501 compare to Spring Lake overall?

Tract 26139020501 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Spring Lake at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spring Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Spring Lake

Top eight tracts in Spring Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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