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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Rochester Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26125191200 · Oakland County, MI · pop 4,705 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

26125191200 is a census tract in the Rochester Heights area of Rochester, MI. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 18% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,042
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$103,061

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Rochester Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Rochester
Elevated
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#184 of 350 tracts In Oakland County
Moderate
Within state
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#1,613 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rochester and the region

Centroid at 42.6847, -83.1207 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rochester Heights scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rochester
5.1
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
$1,442 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rochester
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rochester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rochester
3.3

How Rochester Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rochester Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 1912004.0Rochesterparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rochester Heights

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 6.9% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $103,061, annual rent is just 17%.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters. It tracks the Oakland County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,442, close to the Rochester average. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26125191200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26125191200?

Census tract 26125191200 in the Rochester Heights neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 26125191200?

Median gross rent is $1,442/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26125191200?

6.0% of residents in tract 26125191200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,705.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26125191200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 42th, minority 23th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 26125191200 considered part of Rochester Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26125191200 fall within Rochester Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26125191200 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26125191200 compare to Rochester overall?

Tract 26125191200 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Rochester at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rochester; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rochester

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

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