Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Poppleton Eviction Risk: Lower , Birmingham
Tract 26125153100 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,271 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 26125153100 covers the Poppleton area of Birmingham in Michigan. Home to 2,271 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,500 monthly, set against $189,514 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units863
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$189,514
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 42.5530, -83.2093 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poppleton scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Birmingham
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,500 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Birmingham
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Birmingham
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Birmingham
3.7
How Poppleton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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
- 43%Grade B
- 16%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.
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.
- 4.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.1%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 17.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poppleton
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Oakland County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125153100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125153100?
Census tract 26125153100 in the Poppleton neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (Lower 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 26125153100?
Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125153100?
2.3% of residents in tract 26125153100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,271.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125153100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 6th, minority 19th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 26125153100 considered part of Poppleton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125153100 fall within Poppleton (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26125153100 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.7% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26125153100 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 26125153100 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Birmingham at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26125153100 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.
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Top eight tracts in Birmingham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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