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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Jenison Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26139021606 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 5,482 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

26139021606 is a census tract in the Jenison area of Jenison, MI. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,482 residents. Against Ottawa County at 38.7%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 18% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,372
Renter share41.6%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$81,607

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Jenison
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Jenison
Very High
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 64 tracts In Ottawa County
Elevated
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#1,387 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jenison and the region

Centroid at 42.9119, -85.8121 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jenison scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,265 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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.
Jenison risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0216064.0Jenisonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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)

  • 17Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.8%Peak (2018)
  • 17Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Jenison. 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 Jenison

At $1,265 a month, rents run 45% under what the rest of Jenison commands. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10.

24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Court records carry 17 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2018, when 1.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Ottawa County average of 3.8 closely.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $81,607. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26139021606

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139021606?

Census tract 26139021606 in the Jenison neighborhood scores 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 26139021606?

Median gross rent is $1,265/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26139021606?

5.9% of residents in tract 26139021606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,482.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26139021606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 50th, minority 13th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 26139021606 considered part of Jenison?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26139021606 fall within Jenison (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139021606?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139021606 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.75% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26139021606 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26139021606 compare to Jenison overall?

Tract 26139021606 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Jenison at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jenison; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Jenison

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

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