Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Ortonville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125122900 · Oakland County, MI · pop 1,797 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Ortonville
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26125122900 (Ortonville in Oakland County, Michigan) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $947 monthly, set against $102,222 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units746
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$102,222
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ortonville and the region
Centroid at 42.8484, -83.4213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ortonville scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ortonville
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$947 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ortonville
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ortonville
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ortonville
4.7
How Ortonville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ortonville
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 4.7/10. 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 Ortonville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Oakland County average of 5.7 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 25th 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 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% 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 26125122900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125122900?
Census tract 26125122900 in Ortonville scores 2.5/10 (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 26125122900?
Median gross rent is $947/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125122900?
9.5% of residents in tract 26125122900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,797.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125122900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 35th, minority 14th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125122900 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125122900 compare to Ortonville overall?
Tract 26125122900 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Ortonville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ortonville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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