Dearborn Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.2/10. At $1,198 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Dearborn Heights commands. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $53,050.

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