Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Farmington Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125168902 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,114
Census tract 26125168902 belongs to Farmington Hills, Michigan. It is home to 2,114 residents and scores 6.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,298 a month against an average household income of $63,867 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 87% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,376
Renter share87.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$63,867
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Farmington Hills and the region
Centroid at 42.4723, -83.4112 · click any tract to drill in
Why Farmington Hills scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Farmington Hills
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,298 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Farmington Hills
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Farmington Hills
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Farmington Hills
4.0
How Farmington Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Farmington Hills
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Farmington 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 White and Black and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% 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 26125168902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125168902?
Census tract 26125168902 in Farmington 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26125168902?
Median gross rent is $1,298/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125168902?
14.4% of residents in tract 26125168902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,114.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125168902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 48th, minority 70th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125168902 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125168902 compare to Farmington Hills overall?
Tract 26125168902 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Farmington Hills at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Farmington Hills eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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