Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Southfield Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26125161000 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,247

Census tract 26125161000 covers part of Southfield, MI, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 17% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units1,065

Renter share30.3%

SVI overall0.58

Poverty rate9.8%

Median income$64,754

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4770, -83.3020 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southfield scores 5.5

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

9.8% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$1,356 rent vs county FMR

4.8

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: 58

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

44%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
35%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.

14.7%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
16.0%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
14.6%Frequent mental distress
27.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southfield

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Oakland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. Against Oakland County at 39.8%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,356, close to the Southfield average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $64,754.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125161000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125161000?

Census tract 26125161000 in Southfield scores 5.5/10 (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 26125161000?

Median gross rent is $1,356/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125161000?

9.8% of residents in tract 26125161000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,247.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125161000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 83th, minority 89th, housing 35th.

What share of households in tract 26125161000 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.7% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125161000 compare to Southfield overall?

Tract 26125161000 scores 5.5/10, 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.