Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Southfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125161700 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,154
Tract 26125161700 sits in Southfield eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. Population here is 3,154. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,242
Renter share1.3%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$64,121
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4642, -83.2987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southfield scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.9%Food insecurity
- 18.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southfield
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the Oakland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 1% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125161700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125161700?
Census tract 26125161700 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.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125161700?
16.5% of residents in tract 26125161700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,154.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125161700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 91th, minority 87th, housing 4th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26125161700 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26125161700 compare to Southfield overall?
Tract 26125161700 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.
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