Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Hazel Park Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125175000 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,743
For landlords sizing up Hazel Park, census tract 26125175000 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,139 monthly, set against $56,111 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,376
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$56,111
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazel Park and the region
Centroid at 42.4725, -83.0992 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hazel Park scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hazel Park
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hazel Park
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hazel Park
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hazel Park
5.8
How Hazel Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 2%Grade C
- 95%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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hazel Park
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Hazel Park, 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 95% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 26125175000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125175000?
Census tract 26125175000 in Hazel Park scores 3.5/10 (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 26125175000?
Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125175000?
6.9% of residents in tract 26125175000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125175000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 65th, minority 41th, housing 61th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125175000 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125175000 compare to Hazel Park overall?
Tract 26125175000 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Hazel Park at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hazel Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26125175000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 95% 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 Hazel Park
Top eight tracts in Hazel Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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