Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Madison Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26125181500 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,239
Tract 26125181500 sits in Madison Heights eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 2,239. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,124
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$59,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.4841, -83.1093 · click any tract to drill in
Why Madison Heights scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Madison Heights
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,425 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison Heights
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison Heights
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison Heights
5.1
How Madison Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
- 33%Grade C
- 7%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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Madison Heights
Against Oakland County at 39.8%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10.
Average gross rent is $1,425, 21% above the Madison Heights average. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. It sits 0.7 points above the Oakland County average of 4.0.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 25% 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 2.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $59,125.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26125181500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125181500?
Census tract 26125181500 in Madison Heights scores 4.7/10 (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 26125181500?
Median gross rent is $1,425/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26125181500?
5.5% of residents in tract 26125181500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,239.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26125181500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 8th, minority 27th, housing 19th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26125181500 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26125181500 compare to Madison Heights overall?
Tract 26125181500 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Madison Heights at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26125181500 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. 7% 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 Madison Heights
Top eight tracts in Madison Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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