Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Novi Township Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125136300 · Oakland County, MI · pop 5,393 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 26125136300 runs through the Novi Township neighborhood of Novi. With 5,393 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,086 a month against an average household income of $116,860 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,200
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$116,860
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Novi and the region
Centroid at 42.4587, -83.4747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Novi Township scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Novi
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,086 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Novi
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Novi
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Novi
3.6
How Novi Township compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Novi Township. 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 18.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Novi Township
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Novi 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.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% 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 26125136300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125136300?
Census tract 26125136300 in the Novi Township neighborhood scores 1.5/10 (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 26125136300?
Median gross rent is $2,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125136300?
4.0% of residents in tract 26125136300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125136300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 13th, minority 57th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 26125136300 considered part of Novi Township?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125136300 fall within Novi Township (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26125136300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26125136300 compare to Novi overall?
Tract 26125136300 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Novi at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Novi eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Novi
Top eight tracts in Novi ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MI
26125136102
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26125136800
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26125136000
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26125136500
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26125136601
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · MI
26125136602
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · MI
Novi Township
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · MI
26125136700
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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