Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Southfield Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26125160400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,163

Census tract 26125160400 belongs to Southfield in Oakland County, Michigan. It is home to 3,163 residents and scores 6.8/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,316 monthly, set against $66,713 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 37% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units1,793

Renter share71.9%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate14.1%

Median income$66,713

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4970, -83.3111 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southfield scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Southfield

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

14.1% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,316 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Southfield

7.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Southfield

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Southfield

6.7

How Southfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

55%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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.

16.6%Housing insecurity
12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
20.7%Food insecurity
19.3%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
29.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southfield

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Southfield 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.8% 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 26125160400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125160400?

Census tract 26125160400 in Southfield scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26125160400?

Median gross rent is $1,316/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125160400?

14.1% of residents in tract 26125160400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,163.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125160400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 87th, minority 92th, housing 61th.

What share of households in tract 26125160400 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.6% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125160400 compare to Southfield overall?

Tract 26125160400 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Southfield at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southfield

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