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Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Royal Oak Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26125183800 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,497

Tract 26125183800 sits in Royal Oak eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. It is home to 4,497 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 16% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$79,958

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 18 tracts In Royal Oak
High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#104 of 350 tracts In Oakland County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,045 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,206 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Royal Oak and the region

Centroid at 42.5119, -83.1353 · click any tract to drill in

Why Royal Oak scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Royal Oak
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,350 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Royal Oak
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Royal Oak
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Royal Oak
3.5

How Royal Oak compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Royal Oak risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 1838004.0Royal Oakparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Royal Oak

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.2/10. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally.

roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Oakland County average of 39.8%. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Oakland County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,350, close to the Royal Oak average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $79,958.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125183800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125183800?

Census tract 26125183800 in Royal Oak scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 26125183800?

Median gross rent is $1,350/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125183800?

7.7% of residents in tract 26125183800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,497.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125183800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 2th, minority 16th, housing 34th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 26125183800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 26125183800 compare to Royal Oak overall?

Tract 26125183800 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Royal Oak at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Royal Oak eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 26125183800 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 Royal Oak

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

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