Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Orion Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125129000 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,992 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Lake Orion
Census tract 26125129000 sits in Lake Orion, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $757 a month against an average household income of $99,637 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,253
Renter share25.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$99,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Orion and the region
Centroid at 42.7805, -83.2536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Orion scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Orion
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$757 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Orion
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Orion
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Orion
5.4
How Lake Orion compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Orion
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. 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 Lake Orion, 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 39th 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 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125129000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125129000?
Census tract 26125129000 in Lake Orion scores 2.1/10 (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 26125129000?
Median gross rent is $757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125129000?
8.2% of residents in tract 26125129000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,992.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125129000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 42th, minority 14th, housing 78th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125129000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125129000 compare to Lake Orion overall?
Tract 26125129000 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Orion at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Orion; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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