Census Tract · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Pontiac Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 26125141300 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,042

Census tract 26125141300 covers part of Pontiac, MI, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,042 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 35% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,698

Renter share49.8%

SVI overall0.66

Poverty rate11.0%

Median income$39,935

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pontiac and the region

Centroid at 42.6695, -83.3030 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pontiac scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pontiac

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

11.0% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,005 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pontiac

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pontiac

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pontiac

7.7

How Pontiac compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

61%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
46%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
87%Grade C
0%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.

18.5%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
23.7%Food insecurity
19.5%SNAP enrollment
11.4%Transit barriers
13.7%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
29.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pontiac

It sits 2.5 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Oakland County average of 39.8%.

Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10. 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,005, close to the Pontiac average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26125141300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125141300?

Census tract 26125141300 in Pontiac scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 26125141300?

Median gross rent is $1,005/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125141300?

11.0% of residents in tract 26125141300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,042.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125141300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 74th, minority 75th, housing 46th.

What share of households in tract 26125141300 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.5% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125141300 compare to Pontiac overall?

Tract 26125141300 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Pontiac at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pontiac eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26125141300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Pontiac

Top eight tracts in Pontiac ranked by composite eviction-risk score.