Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Southfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26125161400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,913

26125161400 is a census tract in Southfield, MI. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,913 residents. 48% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 9% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,559

Renter share48.6%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate14.8%

Median income$43,713

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4804, -83.2108 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southfield scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Southfield

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

14.8% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,058 rent vs county FMR

2.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Southfield

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Southfield

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Southfield

6.7

How Southfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

64%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
12%Grade B
0%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.

13.2%Housing insecurity
10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
17.6%Food insecurity
16.8%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
30.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southfield

Cost burden runs 81% here against 39.8% across Oakland County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.

It sits 1.9 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0. At $1,058 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Southfield commands.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $43,713.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125161400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125161400?

Census tract 26125161400 in Southfield scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26125161400?

Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125161400?

14.8% of residents in tract 26125161400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,913.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125161400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 99th, minority 56th, housing 75th.

What share of households in tract 26125161400 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125161400 compare to Southfield overall?

Tract 26125161400 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Southfield at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26125161400 historically redlined?

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

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