Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Center Line Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26099268000 · Macomb County, MI · pop 5,789
How risky is Center Line for landlords? Census tract 26099268000 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #42,515 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $636 a month while the average household earns $53,468 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,562
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$53,468
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Center Line and the region
Centroid at 42.4812, -83.0217 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Line scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Center Line
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$636 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Center Line
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Center Line
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Center Line
5.0
How Center Line compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 88%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 15.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Line
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Center Line, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Macomb County average of 5.5 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 74th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26099268000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099268000?
Census tract 26099268000 in Center Line scores 4.2/10 (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 26099268000?
Median gross rent is $636/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26099268000?
11.5% of residents in tract 26099268000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,789.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26099268000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 87th, minority 60th, housing 81th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26099268000 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.5% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26099268000 compare to Center Line overall?
Tract 26099268000 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Center Line at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Center Line; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26099268000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Center Line
Top eight tracts in Center Line ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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