Pontiac Eviction Risk: Elevated

Against the Oakland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

SNAP participation runs 31.4% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 33.6% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, 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. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.