Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Inkster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 26163570600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,329

26163570600 is a census tract in Inkster, MI. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,329 residents. Cost burden runs 26% here against 46.6% across Wayne County.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 45% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units623

Renter share61.2%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate34.0%

Median income$43,456

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Inkster and the region

Centroid at 42.2809, -83.3338 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inkster scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Inkster

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

34.0% poverty · this tract

8.5

Supply constraint

$366 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Inkster

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Inkster

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Inkster

8.7

How Inkster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

82%Socioeconomic
56%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
0%Grade C
94%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.

30.9%Housing insecurity
24.7%Utility-shutoff threat
39.5%Food insecurity
42.3%SNAP enrollment
19.8%Transit barriers
9.7%No health insurance
22.8%Frequent mental distress
39.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inkster

At $366 a month, rents run 69% under what the rest of Inkster commands. SNAP participation runs 42.3% against 15.2% nationally.

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. It sits 2.7 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.

Food insecurity runs 39.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163570600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163570600?

Census tract 26163570600 in Inkster scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 26163570600?

Median gross rent is $366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163570600?

34.0% of residents in tract 26163570600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,329.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163570600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 56th, minority 95th, housing 84th.

What share of households in tract 26163570600 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.9% 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. 24.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163570600 compare to Inkster overall?

Tract 26163570600 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Inkster at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Inkster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163570600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 94% 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 Inkster

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