Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Madison Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125181001 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,583
Tract 26125181001 sits in Madison Heights eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 64%
Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units2,268
Renter share98.8%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate28.4%
Median income$50,241
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.5252, -83.1042 · click any tract to drill in
Why Madison Heights scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Madison Heights
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
28.4% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,098 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison Heights
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison Heights
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison Heights
5.1
How Madison Heights 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.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 18.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Madison Heights
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.4 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Oakland County average of 39.8%. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.1/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th 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 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125181001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125181001?
Census tract 26125181001 in Madison Heights scores 5.4/10 (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 26125181001?
Median gross rent is $1,098/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125181001?
28.4% of residents in tract 26125181001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,583.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125181001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 39th, minority 69th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125181001 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125181001 compare to Madison Heights overall?
Tract 26125181001 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Madison Heights at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Madison Heights
Top eight tracts in Madison Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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