Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Sterling Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26099231600 · Macomb County, MI · pop 5,190
26099231600 is a census tract in Sterling Heights, MI. It scores 4/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,908
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$87,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sterling Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.5606, -83.0805 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sterling Heights scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sterling Heights
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,385 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sterling Heights
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sterling Heights
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sterling Heights
3.0
How Sterling Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sterling Heights
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Macomb County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $1,385, close to the Sterling Heights average.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $87,727. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26099231600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099231600?
Census tract 26099231600 in Sterling Heights scores 4/10 (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 26099231600?
Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26099231600?
16.7% of residents in tract 26099231600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,190.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26099231600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 96th, minority 42th, housing 87th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26099231600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26099231600 compare to Sterling Heights overall?
Tract 26099231600 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Sterling Heights at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sterling Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sterling Heights
Top eight tracts in Sterling Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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26099232100
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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