Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Center Line Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26099268100 · Macomb County, MI · pop 2,704

Center Line in Macomb County anchors census tract 26099268100, which lands at 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #18,834 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $46,364 a year. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 22% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units1,140

Renter share38.2%

SVI overall0.66

Poverty rate15.2%

Median income$46,364

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Center Line and the region

Centroid at 42.4800, -83.0329 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Line scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

15.2% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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: 66

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

75%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
39%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
47%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.

15.8%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
20.2%Food insecurity
18.8%SNAP enrollment
10.2%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
33.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Line

The heaviest input here 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 above the Macomb County average of 5.5 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 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 66th 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 26099268100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099268100?

Census tract 26099268100 in Center Line scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26099268100?

15.2% of residents in tract 26099268100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,704.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26099268100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 62th, minority 66th, housing 39th.

What share of households in tract 26099268100 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26099268100 compare to Center Line overall?

Tract 26099268100 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Was tract 26099268100 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.