Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125172400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 1,968
Oak Park anchors census tract 26125172400, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #4,644 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,062 a month while the average household earns $31,673 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 100% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,413
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$31,673
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 42.4777, -83.1993 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Park scores 5.5
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
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,062 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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.
- 23.6%Housing insecurity
- 19.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.0%Food insecurity
- 32.3%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Park
The score leans hardest on 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26125172400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125172400?
Census tract 26125172400 in Oak Park scores 5.5/10 (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 26125172400?
Median gross rent is $1,062/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125172400?
27.6% of residents in tract 26125172400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,968.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125172400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 64th, minority 73th, housing 77th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125172400 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.6% 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. 19.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125172400 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 26125172400 scores 5.5/10, higher than 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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