Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Barnum Eviction Risk: Lower , Birmingham
Tract 26125153200 · Oakland County, MI · pop 1,879 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
How risky is Barnum in Birmingham for landlords? Census tract 26125153200 scores 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,716 a month against an average household income of $164,188 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,011
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$164,188
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 42.5421, -83.2163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Barnum scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Birmingham
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,716 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Birmingham
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Birmingham
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Birmingham
3.7
How Barnum compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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.
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.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.7%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Barnum
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Birmingham 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 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 7th 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 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% 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 26125153200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125153200?
Census tract 26125153200 in the Barnum neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 26125153200?
Median gross rent is $1,716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125153200?
2.0% of residents in tract 26125153200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,879.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125153200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 5th, minority 17th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 26125153200 considered part of Barnum?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125153200 fall within Barnum (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26125153200 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26125153200 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 26125153200 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Birmingham at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26125153200 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. 0% 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.
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