Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Hazel Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26125175100 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,454

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 26125175100 in Hazel Park, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,454 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 30% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units2,198

Renter share52.1%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate10.5%

Median income$63,271

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hazel Park and the region

Centroid at 42.4652, -83.0978 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hazel Park scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

10.5% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$1,172 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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: 67

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

77%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
0%Grade C
96%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.

13.1%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
16.9%Food insecurity
15.3%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
28.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hazel Park

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,172, 11% below the Hazel Park average. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $63,271.

52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125175100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125175100?

Census tract 26125175100 in Hazel Park scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26125175100?

Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125175100?

10.5% of residents in tract 26125175100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,454.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125175100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 36th, minority 28th, housing 73th.

What share of households in tract 26125175100 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125175100 compare to Hazel Park overall?

Tract 26125175100 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Hazel Park at 4.1/10. 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.

Was tract 26125175100 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. 96% 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.