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Kenning Eviction Risk: Lower , Royal Oak

Tract 26125183400 · Oakland County, MI · pop 2,442 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 26125183400, home to 2,442 residents in the Kenning neighborhood of Royal Oak, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,234 monthly, set against $87,188 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 17% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,118

Renter share26.9%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate6.0%

Median income$87,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Royal Oak and the region

Centroid at 42.5234, -83.1978 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kenning scores 2.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Royal Oak

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

6.0% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,234 rent vs county FMR

4.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Royal Oak

3.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Royal Oak

7.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Royal Oak

3.5

How Kenning compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

20%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
30%Racial/ethnic minority
54%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
43%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

Within Kenning. 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.

7.4%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
7.1%SNAP enrollment
5.1%Transit barriers
4.6%No health insurance
14.6%Frequent mental distress
21.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kenning

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Royal Oak eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Oakland County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125183400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125183400?

Census tract 26125183400 in the Kenning neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 26125183400?

Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125183400?

6.0% of residents in tract 26125183400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,442.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125183400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 4th, minority 30th, housing 54th.

Is tract 26125183400 considered part of Kenning?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125183400 fall within Kenning (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26125183400 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26125183400 compare to Royal Oak overall?

Tract 26125183400 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Royal Oak at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Royal Oak eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26125183400 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 Royal Oak

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