Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Southfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26125162000 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,141
Southfield is where census tract 26125162000 sits, home to 4,141 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,193 a month while the average household earns $70,485 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,418
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$70,485
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southfield and the region
Centroid at 42.4687, -83.2198 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southfield scores 3.4
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 75%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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.1%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southfield
The heaviest input here 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 Black and White and ranks around the 59th 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 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.8% 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 26125162000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125162000?
Census tract 26125162000 in Southfield scores 3.4/10 (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 26125162000?
Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125162000?
8.6% of residents in tract 26125162000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,141.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125162000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 62th, minority 75th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125162000 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125162000 compare to Southfield overall?
Tract 26125162000 scores 3.4/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Southfield
Top eight tracts in Southfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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26125161100
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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26125161400
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
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4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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26125161300
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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26125162100
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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26125161700
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26125161600
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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