Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Jenison Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139021605 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 4,079 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Jenison
Jenison anchors census tract 26139021605, which lands at 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 77% of renter households, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $119,073 a year. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,285
Renter share2.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$119,073
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jenison and the region
Centroid at 42.9385, -85.8175 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jenison scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jenison
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jenison
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jenison
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jenison
6.1
How Jenison compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2018)
- 1Filings 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jenison
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 Jenison, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Ottawa County average of 5.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2018.
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 26139021605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021605?
Census tract 26139021605 in Jenison scores 1.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26139021605?
5.3% of residents in tract 26139021605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,079.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 17th, minority 31th, housing 23th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139021605?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139021605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.88% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139021605 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26139021605 compare to Jenison overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Jenison
Top eight tracts in Jenison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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