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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Far West Detroit Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dearborn Heights

Tract 26163571600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,587 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

26163571600 is a census tract in the Far West Detroit area of Dearborn Heights, MI. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. At $340 a month, rents run 74% under what the rest of Dearborn Heights commands.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 23% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units702
Renter share56.7%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate34.6%
Median income$31,111

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Far West Detroit
Elevated
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 16 tracts In Dearborn Heights
Very High
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#232 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#431 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn Heights and the region

Centroid at 42.3351, -83.2659 · click any tract to drill in

Why Far West Detroit scores 5.7

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
34.6% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$340 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Far West Detroit compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Far West Detroit risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 5716004.3Dearborn Heightsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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 Far West Detroit. 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 Far West Detroit

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

The poverty rate is 35%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.6/10. SNAP participation runs 27.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $31,111, annual rent is just 13%.

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 26163571600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163571600?

Census tract 26163571600 in the Far West Detroit neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163571600?

Median gross rent is $340/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163571600?

34.6% of residents in tract 26163571600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,587.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163571600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 97th, minority 21th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 26163571600 considered part of Far West Detroit?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163571600 fall within Far West Detroit (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163571600 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.2% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163571600 compare to Dearborn Heights overall?

Tract 26163571600 scores 5.7/10, higher than 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163571600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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 Dearborn Heights

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

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