Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Zeeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139022900 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 6,549 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Zeeland
Zeeland is where census tract 26139022900 sits, home to 6,549 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.3/10. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $923 a month while the average household earns $71,838 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,617
Renter share30.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$71,838
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zeeland and the region
Centroid at 42.8169, -86.0170 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zeeland scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zeeland
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$923 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zeeland
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zeeland
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zeeland
7.2
How Zeeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 19Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2018)
- 19Filings 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zeeland
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Zeeland, 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 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 26139022900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139022900?
Census tract 26139022900 in Zeeland scores 3.5/10 (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 26139022900?
Median gross rent is $923/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139022900?
13.8% of residents in tract 26139022900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,549.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139022900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 73th, minority 25th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139022900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139022900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139022900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26139022900 compare to Zeeland overall?
Tract 26139022900 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Zeeland at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zeeland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Zeeland
Top eight tracts in Zeeland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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