Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Southfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26125160800 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,258

26125160800 is a census tract in Southfield, MI. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 25% Owners 54%

Tract context

Occupied units1,667

Renter share46.0%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate10.9%

Median income$85,757

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4970, -83.2727 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southfield scores 5.2

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

10.9% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,601 rent vs county FMR

6.6

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: 35

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

30%Socioeconomic
32%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
33%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.

12.4%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
15.9%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
13.5%Frequent mental distress
27.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southfield

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,601, 19% above the Southfield average. The voucher gap is 16.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Cost burden runs 45% here against 39.8% across Oakland County. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 4.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $85,757.

46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125160800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125160800?

Census tract 26125160800 in Southfield scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26125160800?

Median gross rent is $1,601/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125160800?

10.9% of residents in tract 26125160800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,258.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125160800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 32th, minority 86th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 26125160800 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125160800 compare to Southfield overall?

Tract 26125160800 scores 5.2/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southfield

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