Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26139023003 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139023003 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 5,029
Ottawa in Ottawa County is where census tract 26139023003 sits, home to 5,029 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #69,004 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
11% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,144 monthly, set against $115,214 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,692
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate1.1%
Median income$115,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.7890, -85.9828 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26139023003 scores 1.8
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
1.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 26139023003 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.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26139023003
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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, 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 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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 26139023003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139023003?
Census tract 26139023003 in Ottawa County scores 1.8/10 (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 26139023003?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26139023003?
1.1% of residents in tract 26139023003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,029.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139023003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 22th, minority 41th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26139023003 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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