Far West Detroit Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dearborn Heights
Tract 26163571600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,587 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 7.2/10 for census tract 26163571600 reflects conditions in the Far West Detroit area of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $340 a month against an average household income of $31,111 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.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 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Far West Detroit compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Far West Detroit. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 16.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.6%Food insecurity
- 27.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 40.8%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Far West Detroit
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dearborn Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 26163571600
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Highest-risk tracts in Dearborn Heights
Top eight tracts in Dearborn Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.