Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Eastpointe Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26099258000 · Macomb County, MI · pop 2,590
How risky is Eastpointe in Macomb County for landlords? Census tract 26099258000 scores 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,556 a month while the average household earns $70,833 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,270
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$70,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eastpointe and the region
Centroid at 42.4735, -82.9224 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastpointe scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eastpointe
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,556 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eastpointe
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eastpointe
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eastpointe
7.1
How Eastpointe compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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.
- 19.2%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.7%Food insecurity
- 24.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastpointe
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 7.1/10. 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 inherited from Eastpointe eviction risk, 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 30th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26099258000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099258000?
Census tract 26099258000 in Eastpointe scores 4.1/10 (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 26099258000?
Median gross rent is $1,556/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26099258000?
13.3% of residents in tract 26099258000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,590.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26099258000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 27th, minority 64th, housing 17th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26099258000 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.2% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26099258000 compare to Eastpointe overall?
Tract 26099258000 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Eastpointe at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eastpointe eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Eastpointe
Top eight tracts in Eastpointe ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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26099258600
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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26099258400
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
Regent Park
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26099258300
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
Mohican Regent
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
Regent Park
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26099258200
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26099258100
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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