Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

Eastpointe Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26099258300 · Macomb County, MI · pop 2,600

Tract 26099258300 covers Eastpointe in Michigan. Home to 2,600 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $986 a month against an average household income of $52,956 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 21% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units1,221

Renter share28.3%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate19.1%

Median income$52,956

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Eastpointe and the region

Centroid at 42.4686, -82.9637 · click any tract to drill in

Why Eastpointe scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Eastpointe

5.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.6

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

19.1% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$986 rent vs county FMR

2.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Eastpointe

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Eastpointe

6.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Eastpointe

7.1

How Eastpointe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

84%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
58%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
57%Grade C
43%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

20.0%Housing insecurity
15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
25.4%Food insecurity
25.1%SNAP enrollment
12.8%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
36.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Eastpointe

The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 7.1/10. 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 Eastpointe eviction risk, 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 White and Black and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.0% 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 26099258300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26099258300?

Census tract 26099258300 in Eastpointe scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26099258300?

Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26099258300?

19.1% of residents in tract 26099258300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,600.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26099258300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 27th, minority 66th, housing 58th.

What share of households in tract 26099258300 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26099258300 compare to Eastpointe overall?

Tract 26099258300 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Eastpointe at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eastpointe eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26099258300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 43% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Eastpointe

Top eight tracts in Eastpointe ranked by composite eviction-risk score.