Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Dearborn Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26163571900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,047

Census tract 26163571900 covers part of Dearborn Heights, MI, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,047 residents. Severe burden reaches 58%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 9% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,262

Renter share34.0%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate14.2%

Median income$52,778

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn Heights and the region

Centroid at 42.3483, -83.3028 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dearborn Heights scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

14.2% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,250 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

6.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

7.4

How Dearborn Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

78%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
18%Housing & transportation

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.

13.5%Housing insecurity
10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
17.2%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
6.8%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
34.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dearborn Heights

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 73% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.2/10. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,250, close to the Dearborn Heights average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $52,778.

34% 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 26163571900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163571900?

Census tract 26163571900 in Dearborn Heights scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 26163571900?

Median gross rent is $1,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163571900?

14.2% of residents in tract 26163571900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,047.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163571900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 66th, minority 41th, housing 18th.

What share of households in tract 26163571900 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163571900 compare to Dearborn Heights overall?

Tract 26163571900 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Dearborn Heights at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dearborn Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dearborn Heights

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