Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Poppleton Eviction Risk: Lower , Birmingham

Tract 26125153100 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,271 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

26125153100 is a census tract in the Poppleton area of Birmingham, MI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,271. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 39.8% across Oakland County.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 13% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units863

Renter share15.9%

SVI overall0.02

Poverty rate2.3%

Median income$189,514

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 42.5530, -83.2093 · click any tract to drill in

Why Poppleton scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Birmingham

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

2.3% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,500 rent vs county FMR

5.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Birmingham

4.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Birmingham

5.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Birmingham

3.7

How Poppleton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

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

4%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
10%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
43%Grade B
16%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.

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.

4.7%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
5.1%Food insecurity
3.6%SNAP enrollment
3.4%Transit barriers
3.0%No health insurance
12.0%Frequent mental distress
17.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Poppleton

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.8% against 31.5% nationally.

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,500 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Birmingham commands. It sits 1.0 points below the Oakland County average of 4.0.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.0% against 11.3% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 1.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125153100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125153100?

Census tract 26125153100 in the Poppleton neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 26125153100?

Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125153100?

2.3% of residents in tract 26125153100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,271.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125153100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 6th, minority 19th, housing 10th.

Is tract 26125153100 considered part of Poppleton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125153100 fall within Poppleton (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26125153100 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125153100 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 26125153100 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Birmingham at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26125153100 historically redlined?

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

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