Census Tract · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Pontiac Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 26125142700 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,907

Here is how census tract 26125142700, in Pontiac eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 7.1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 3,907. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $964 a month against an average household income of $32,389 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.

Risk score

6.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 20% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,889

Renter share49.4%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate30.7%

Median income$32,389

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pontiac and the region

Centroid at 42.6187, -83.2859 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pontiac scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pontiac

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

30.7% poverty · this tract

7.7

Supply constraint

$964 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pontiac

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pontiac

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pontiac

7.7

How Pontiac compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

89%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
39%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
63%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.

27.8%Housing insecurity
23.0%Utility-shutoff threat
37.9%Food insecurity
40.3%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
37.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pontiac

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Pontiac eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Oakland County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 63% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 26125142700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125142700?

Census tract 26125142700 in Pontiac scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 26125142700?

Median gross rent is $964/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125142700?

30.7% of residents in tract 26125142700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,907.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125142700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 99th, minority 92th, housing 39th.

What share of households in tract 26125142700 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.8% 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. 23.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125142700 compare to Pontiac overall?

Tract 26125142700 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Pontiac at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pontiac eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26125142700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 63% 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 Pontiac

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