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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Farmington Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26125167300 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,765

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 26125167300 in Farmington Hills, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 26% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share46.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$68,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 24 tracts In Farmington Hills
High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#73 of 350 tracts In Oakland County
High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#753 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Farmington Hills and the region

Centroid at 42.4474, -83.3524 · click any tract to drill in

Why Farmington Hills scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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.
Farmington Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 1673004.0Farmington Hillsparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Farmington Hills

The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,151, 26% below the Farmington Hills average.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10. Against the Oakland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 39.8% across Oakland County. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $68,542.

47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26125167300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125167300?

Census tract 26125167300 in Farmington Hills scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 26125167300?

Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125167300?

10.5% of residents in tract 26125167300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,765.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125167300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 87th, minority 58th, housing 98th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 26125167300 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 26125167300 compare to Farmington Hills overall?

Tract 26125167300 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Farmington Hills at 4/10. 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.
Q7

Was tract 26125167300 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 Farmington Hills

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

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