Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Hidden Lake West Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26139023500 · Ottawa County, MI · pop 5,126 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 26139023500 sits in the Hidden Lake West neighborhood of Ottawa, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Average household income is about $137,500 a year. Renters make up 0% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 40% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,526
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$137,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ottawa County and the region
Centroid at 42.8982, -85.8851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hidden Lake West scores 1.7
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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Hidden Lake West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2018)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hidden Lake West
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.6% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26139023500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26139023500?
Census tract 26139023500 in the Hidden Lake West neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26139023500?
5.6% of residents in tract 26139023500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,126.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26139023500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 5th, minority 9th, housing 1th.
Q4
Is tract 26139023500 considered part of Hidden Lake West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26139023500 fall within Hidden Lake West (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26139023500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26139023500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.56% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26139023500 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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