Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Southfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125160400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 3,163
With a score of 5.9/10, tract 26125160400 in Southfield, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,163 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
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.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4970, -83.3111 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southfield scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Against the Oakland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.
72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Cost burden runs 48% here against 39.8% across Oakland County. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10.
Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,316, close to the Southfield average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125160400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125160400?
Census tract 26125160400 in Southfield scores 5.9/10 (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 26125160400?
Median gross rent is $1,316/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
How does tract 26125160400 compare to Southfield overall?
Tract 26125160400 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Southfield at 4.5/10. 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.
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