Pontiac Eviction Risk: Elevated

Cost burden runs 72% here against 39.8% across Oakland County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. It sits 2.5 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $38,941, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10. Food insecurity runs 27.0% against 17.8% nationally.

At $1,200 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Pontiac commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pontiac. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.