Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Haven Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26139021203 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 3,816 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Grand Haven
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 26139021203 in Grand Haven, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,816. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share14.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$77,654
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Haven and the region
Centroid at 43.0436, -86.1768 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Haven scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grand Haven
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$909 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Haven
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Haven
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Haven
6.2
How Grand Haven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Haven
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Against the Ottawa County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $77,654, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. Average gross rent is $909, close to the Grand Haven average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139021203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021203?
Census tract 26139021203 in Grand Haven scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 26139021203?
Median gross rent is $909/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021203?
9.2% of residents in tract 26139021203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,816.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 87th, minority 16th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139021203 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26139021203 compare to Grand Haven overall?
Tract 26139021203 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Haven at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Haven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Grand Haven
Top eight tracts in Grand Haven ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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