Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
St. Clair Shores Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26099251000 · Macomb County, MI · pop 1,691
Census tract 26099251000 sits in St. Clair Shores, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,008 a month against an average household income of $68,934 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units832
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$68,934
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Clair Shores and the region
Centroid at 42.4998, -82.8873 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Clair Shores scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Clair Shores
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,008 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Clair Shores
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Clair Shores
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Clair Shores
3.3
How St. Clair Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
- 22%Grade B
- 71%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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Clair Shores
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 3.7/10. 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 St. Clair Shores eviction risk, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% 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 26099251000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099251000?
Census tract 26099251000 in St. Clair Shores scores 2.8/10 (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 average rent in tract 26099251000?
Median gross rent is $1,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26099251000?
5.7% of residents in tract 26099251000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,691.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26099251000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 23th, minority 16th, housing 7th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26099251000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26099251000 compare to St. Clair Shores overall?
Tract 26099251000 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Clair Shores at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Clair Shores eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26099251000 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 St. Clair Shores
Top eight tracts in St. Clair Shores ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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26099251800
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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26099250800
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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26099250100
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26099252000
3.2
/ 10 · Low
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26099251500
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26099251900
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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26099250300
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26099251600
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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