Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Walled Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125134900 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,569
Tract 26125134900 sits in Walled Lake, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,835
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$83,456
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walled Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.5323, -83.4817 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walled Lake scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Walled Lake
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Walled Lake
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Walled Lake
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Walled Lake
5.9
How Walled Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walled Lake
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,279, 10% below the Walled Lake average.
On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. 43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Oakland County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $83,456. 33% 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 26125134900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125134900?
Census tract 26125134900 in Walled Lake scores 4.6/10 (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 26125134900?
Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125134900?
7.1% of residents in tract 26125134900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,569.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125134900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 36th, minority 21th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125134900 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125134900 compare to Walled Lake overall?
Tract 26125134900 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Walled Lake at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Walled Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Walled Lake
Top eight tracts in Walled Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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