Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

Farmington Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26125167400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,941

Census tract 26125167400 runs through Farmington Hills. With 4,941 residents, it scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,063 monthly, set against $77,271 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 22% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units2,171

Renter share30.4%

SVI overall0.53

Poverty rate6.7%

Median income$77,271

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Farmington Hills and the region

Centroid at 42.4513, -83.3308 · click any tract to drill in

Why Farmington Hills scores 2.4

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

6.7% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,063 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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: 53

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

31%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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
0%Grade B
76%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.

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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
12.8%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
23.0%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 below the Oakland County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 53rd 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125167400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125167400?

Census tract 26125167400 in Farmington Hills scores 2.4/10 (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 26125167400?

Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125167400?

6.7% of residents in tract 26125167400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,941.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125167400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 47th, minority 59th, housing 78th.

What share of households in tract 26125167400 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125167400 compare to Farmington Hills overall?

Tract 26125167400 scores 2.4/10, lower than 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.

Was tract 26125167400 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.