Sterling Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,008, 22% below the Sterling Heights average.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 27.5% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Macomb County average of 3.9.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $40,729.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.