Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Southfield Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26125161500 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,132

Here is how census tract 26125161500, in Southfield eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.6/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,132. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $99,115 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.8

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 2% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units785

Renter share6.1%

SVI overall0.15

Poverty rate7.4%

Median income$99,115

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southfield and the region

Centroid at 42.4792, -83.2328 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southfield scores 2.8

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

7.4% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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: 15

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

24%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
1%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
12%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
16.3%Food insecurity
13.9%SNAP enrollment
8.4%Transit barriers
5.2%No health insurance
14.4%Frequent mental distress
25.2%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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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 26125161500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125161500?

Census tract 26125161500 in Southfield scores 2.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26125161500?

7.4% of residents in tract 26125161500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,132.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125161500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 55th, minority 88th, housing 1th.

What share of households in tract 26125161500 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125161500 compare to Southfield overall?

Tract 26125161500 scores 2.8/10, lower 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.

Was tract 26125161500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southfield

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