Sterling Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Macomb County average of 44.2%. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,102, 15% below the Sterling Heights average. Against the Macomb County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $69,219. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.