Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Southfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125160900 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,804
In Southfield, census tract 26125160900 scores 6.3/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #14,512 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,328 a month against an average household income of $58,845 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 81% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units2,374
Renter share81.3%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$58,845
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southfield and the region
Centroid at 42.5022, -83.2972 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southfield scores 3.7
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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,328 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: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 20.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.4%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southfield
What moves this score most 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 70th 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 20.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.5% 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 26125160900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125160900?
Census tract 26125160900 in Southfield scores 3.7/10 (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 26125160900?
Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125160900?
8.9% of residents in tract 26125160900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,804.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125160900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 75th, minority 82th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125160900 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.7% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125160900 compare to Southfield overall?
Tract 26125160900 scores 3.7/10, 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.
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