Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Torry Eviction Risk: Lower , Birmingham
Tract 26125152900 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,778 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 26125152900 covers part of the Torry area of Birmingham, MI, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,778 residents. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,192
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$121,881
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 42.5399, -83.1983 · click any tract to drill in
Why Torry scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,063 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Torry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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
- 11%Grade B
- 24%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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Torry
The voucher gap is 49.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against Oakland County at 39.8%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.5% against 14.2% nationally. At $2,063 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Birmingham commands.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125152900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125152900?
Census tract 26125152900 in the Torry neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 26125152900?
Median gross rent is $2,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125152900?
10.1% of residents in tract 26125152900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,778.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125152900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 56th, minority 42th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 26125152900 considered part of Torry?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125152900 fall within Torry (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26125152900 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26125152900 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 26125152900 scores 3.7/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 26125152900 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.
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