Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Martin Luther King Eviction Risk: Lower , Mount Clemens
Tract 26099247202 · Macomb County, MI · pop 3,449 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26099247202 (the Martin Luther King area of Mount Clemens, Michigan) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 79% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $983 a month against an average household income of $114,821 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,124
Renter share4.6%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$114,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Clemens and the region
Centroid at 42.5783, -82.8535 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martin Luther King scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Clemens
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$983 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Clemens
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Clemens
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Clemens
5.0
How Martin Luther King compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Martin Luther King. 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martin Luther King
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Mount Clemens, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Macomb County average of 5.5 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26099247202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099247202?
Census tract 26099247202 in the Martin Luther King neighborhood scores 2/10 (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 26099247202?
Median gross rent is $983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26099247202?
1.5% of residents in tract 26099247202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,449.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26099247202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 30th, minority 23th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 26099247202 considered part of Martin Luther King?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26099247202 fall within Martin Luther King (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26099247202 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26099247202 compare to Mount Clemens overall?
Tract 26099247202 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Clemens at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Clemens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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