Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dexter Fields Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161454001 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 1,071 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 26161454001 in the Dexter Fields area of Dexter, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,071 residents. Severe burden reaches 63%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units429
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$112,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dexter and the region
Centroid at 42.3124, -83.8637 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dexter Fields scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dexter
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dexter
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dexter
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dexter
5.0
How Dexter Fields 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.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Dexter Fields. 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.
- 4.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.7%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dexter Fields
63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Washtenaw County average of 46.5%. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Against the Washtenaw County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.0 points.
Food insecurity runs 4.7% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 26161454001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161454001?
Census tract 26161454001 in the Dexter Fields neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26161454001?
1.5% of residents in tract 26161454001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,071.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161454001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 44th, minority 1th, housing 2th.
Q4
Is tract 26161454001 considered part of Dexter Fields?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161454001 fall within Dexter Fields (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 26161454001 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.4% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26161454001 compare to Dexter overall?
Tract 26161454001 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dexter at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dexter; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dexter
Top eight tracts in Dexter ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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