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Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally

Chapel Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Beechwood

Tract 26139022107 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 1,358 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

How risky is Chapel Hill in Beechwood for landlords? Census tract 26139022107 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $625 a month against an average household income of $106,696 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 7% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units609
Renter share10.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$106,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Chapel Hill
Very High
Within county
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#50 of 64 tracts In Ottawa County
Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#2,496 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very Low
National
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#72,539 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Beechwood and the region

Centroid at 42.7708, -86.1854 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chapel Hill scores 2.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Beechwood
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$625 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beechwood
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beechwood
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beechwood
5.0

How Chapel Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chapel Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.12.1This tracttract 022107Beechwood: 3.33.3Beechwoodparent cityCounty: 2.72.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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)

  • 3Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2018)
  • 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Chapel Hill. 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 Chapel Hill

The heaviest input here is 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 inherited from Beechwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th 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 26139022107

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139022107?

Census tract 26139022107 in the Chapel Hill neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 26139022107?

Median gross rent is $625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26139022107?

2.9% of residents in tract 26139022107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,358.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26139022107?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 15th, minority 31th, housing 5th.
Q5

Is tract 26139022107 considered part of Chapel Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26139022107 fall within Chapel Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139022107?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139022107 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.48% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26139022107 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26139022107 compare to Beechwood overall?

Tract 26139022107 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Beechwood at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beechwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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