Within county
84
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139022208 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26139022208 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 5,019
Census tract 26139022208 covers part of Ottawa County, MI, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,848
Renter share48.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$54,038
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.8206, -86.1240 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139022208 scores 5.1
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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,098 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 26139022208 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.3%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 18.4%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 37.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139022208
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 30.3% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Ottawa County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 3.1/10. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Ottawa County average of 38.7%.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent runs $1,098 a month.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139022208
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139022208?
Census tract 26139022208 in Ottawa County scores 5.1/10 (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 26139022208?
Median gross rent is $1,098/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139022208?
20.1% of residents in tract 26139022208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,019.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139022208?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 80th, minority 71th, housing 87th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139022208 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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