Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dexter Fields Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161454002 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 3,649 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 26161454002 covers part of the Dexter Fields area of Dexter, MI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,649 residents. 60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Washtenaw County average of 46.5%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,485
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$93,268
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dexter and the region
Centroid at 42.3288, -83.8802 · 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
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,538 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 21.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dexter Fields
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
It sits 2.0 points below the Washtenaw County average of 5.0. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 6.7% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,538 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Dexter commands. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport 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 26161454002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161454002?
Census tract 26161454002 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 average rent in tract 26161454002?
Median gross rent is $1,538/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161454002?
2.6% of residents in tract 26161454002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,649.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161454002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 77th, minority 16th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 26161454002 considered part of Dexter Fields?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161454002 fall within Dexter Fields (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26161454002 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26161454002 compare to Dexter overall?
Tract 26161454002 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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