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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

College Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163540400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,663 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

26163540400 is a census tract in the College Park area of Detroit, MI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 17% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,159
Renter share55.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate36.0%
Median income$25,879

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In College Park
Very Low
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#107 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#116 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4194, -83.2091 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Park scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Detroit
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
36.0% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$877 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Detroit
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Detroit
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Detroit
6.0

How College Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5404004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

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.

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

Within College Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in College Park

SNAP participation runs 49.9% against 15.2% nationally. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Set annual rent against average income of $25,879 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 28.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, economic stress reads 9/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

At $877 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Detroit commands. 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 #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163540400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163540400?

Census tract 26163540400 in the College Park neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163540400?

Median gross rent is $877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163540400?

36.0% of residents in tract 26163540400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,663.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163540400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 62th, minority 99th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 26163540400 considered part of College Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163540400 fall within College Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163540400 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.8% 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. 28.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163540400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163540400 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Detroit at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Detroit eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26163540400 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. 42% 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.
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