Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139020504 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139020504 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,094
Eviction risk in Ottawa centers on tract 26139020504, which scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,094 residents. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,324 monthly, set against $95,684 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share41.5%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$95,684
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 43.1045, -86.2532 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139020504 scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 26139020504 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 23Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2018)
- 23Filings 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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139020504
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty 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 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 Ottawa County average of 5.4 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 23 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.3% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th 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 26139020504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139020504?
Census tract 26139020504 in Ottawa County scores 2.2/10 (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 26139020504?
Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139020504?
1.5% of residents in tract 26139020504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,094.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139020504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 13th, minority 14th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139020504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139020504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.29% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139020504 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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