Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Auburn Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26125140101 · Oakland County, MI · pop 1,487

The Elevated-tier score of 6.2/10 for census tract 26125140101 reflects conditions in Auburn Hills, Michigan. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,616 a month while the average household earns $75,893 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 20% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units685

Renter share35.8%

SVI overall0.31

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$75,893

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn Hills and the region

Centroid at 42.6735, -83.2392 · click any tract to drill in

Why Auburn Hills scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Auburn Hills

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,616 rent vs county FMR

6.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Auburn Hills

4.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Auburn Hills

9.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Auburn Hills

5.0

How Auburn Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

43%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
41%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
1%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.

9.4%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
24.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Auburn Hills

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Auburn Hills eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oakland County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 9.4% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125140101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125140101?

Census tract 26125140101 in Auburn Hills scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26125140101?

Median gross rent is $1,616/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125140101?

8.4% of residents in tract 26125140101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,487.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125140101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 17th, minority 26th, housing 41th.

What share of households in tract 26125140101 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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.

How does tract 26125140101 compare to Auburn Hills overall?

Tract 26125140101 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Auburn Hills at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn Hills eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26125140101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% 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 Auburn Hills

Top eight tracts in Auburn Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.