Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Park Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125171300 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,210
Census tract 26125171300 belongs to Oak Park, Michigan. It is home to 3,210 residents and scores 6.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,435 a month while the average household earns $79,905 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,093
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$79,905
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 42.4671, -83.1773 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Park scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Park
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,435 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Park
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Park
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Park
6.6
How Oak Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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.
- 17.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.5%Food insecurity
- 19.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oakland County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125171300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125171300?
Census tract 26125171300 in Oak Park scores 3.6/10 (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 26125171300?
Median gross rent is $1,435/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125171300?
11.1% of residents in tract 26125171300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,210.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125171300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 46th, minority 86th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125171300 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.7% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125171300 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 26125171300 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Oak Park at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oak Park
Top eight tracts in Oak Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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