Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Southfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125161900 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,222
Tract 26125161900 sits in Southfield eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Population here is 2,222. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units892
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$84,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4646, -83.2454 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southfield scores 5
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,294 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southfield
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Oakland County average of 39.8%.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. Against the Oakland County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,294, close to the Southfield average. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $84,943.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125161900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125161900?
Census tract 26125161900 in Southfield scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26125161900?
Median gross rent is $1,294/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125161900?
9.6% of residents in tract 26125161900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,222.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125161900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 22th, minority 84th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125161900 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125161900 compare to Southfield overall?
Tract 26125161900 scores 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.
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