Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Sherwood Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Ferndale
Tract 26125173400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 5,166 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
For landlords sizing up Sherwood Forest in Ferndale, census tract 26125173400 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,230 a month against an average household income of $106,927 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,598
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$106,927
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ferndale and the region
Centroid at 42.4528, -83.1383 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sherwood Forest scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ferndale
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,230 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ferndale
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ferndale
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ferndale
3.9
How Sherwood Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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.
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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sherwood Forest
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. 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 Ferndale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Oakland County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125173400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125173400?
Census tract 26125173400 in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 26125173400?
Median gross rent is $1,230/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125173400?
7.1% of residents in tract 26125173400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,166.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125173400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 0th, minority 26th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 26125173400 considered part of Sherwood Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125173400 fall within Sherwood Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26125173400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26125173400 compare to Ferndale overall?
Tract 26125173400 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Ferndale at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ferndale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26125173400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Ferndale
Top eight tracts in Ferndale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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