Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Madison Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125181600 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,874
Census tract 26125181600 covers Madison Heights, home to 4,874 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,287 a month against an average household income of $67,679 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,164
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$67,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.4835, -83.0949 · click any tract to drill in
Why Madison Heights scores 3.1
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,287 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 46%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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Madison Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Madison Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Oakland County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 46% 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 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125181600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125181600?
Census tract 26125181600 in Madison Heights scores 3.1/10 (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 26125181600?
Median gross rent is $1,287/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125181600?
8.0% of residents in tract 26125181600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,874.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125181600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 41th, minority 23th, housing 53th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125181600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125181600 compare to Madison Heights overall?
Tract 26125181600 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Madison Heights at 2.8/10. 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.
Q7
Was tract 26125181600 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. 46% 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 Madison Heights
Top eight tracts in Madison Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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