Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Allegan County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Allegan County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (3 to 9)Lower-middle (10 to 32)Middle (36 to 54)Upper-middle (56 to 67)Higher (70 to 85)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 49th percentile (among tracts in MI).
These tracts span the 3rd percentile to the 85th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median2 (7%) · 8,294 people
Above the median8 (27%) · 29,847 people
Near the median7 (23%) · 31,648 people
Below the median3 (10%) · 11,167 people
Well below the median10 (33%) · 40,500 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 2 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 310.01 (pop. 3,050) — 85th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 320.00 (pop. 5,244) — 81st percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Above the median — 8 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 307.03 (pop. 3,018) — 74th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 309.01 (pop. 2,865) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 324.01 (pop. 1,946) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 310.02 (pop. 3,258) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 319.00 (pop. 4,641) — 67th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 313.00 (pop. 4,807) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 312.00 (pop. 5,827) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 311.01 (pop. 3,485) — 60th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Near the median — 7 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 309.02 (pop. 2,599) — 60th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 307.04 (pop. 4,887) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 305.02 (pop. 4,788) — 54th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 311.02 (pop. 3,188) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 318.00 (pop. 5,395) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 322.00 (pop. 5,562) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 306.00 (pop. 5,229) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 3 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 308.02 (pop. 3,647) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 304.04 (pop. 3,451) — 32nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 324.02 (pop. 4,069) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Well below the median — 10 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 326.00 (pop. 1,525) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 305.01 (pop. 3,260) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 321.00 (pop. 4,670) — 11th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 304.02 (pop. 7,149) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 307.02 (pop. 5,416) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 304.03 (pop. 4,483) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 308.01 (pop. 2,094) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 303.01 (pop. 3,111) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 302.00 (pop. 3,636) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 303.02 (pop. 5,156) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
1 tract unranked — no population or suppressed
These carry no percentile (zero-population or suppressed data, typically water and special-use tracts). They are excluded from the bands, median and range above, and are never shown as a low score.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in MI. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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