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

Bethune Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163537700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,558 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163537700 in the Bethune area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,558. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 24% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,088

Renter share48.6%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate30.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3981, -83.1915 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bethune 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

30.0% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$788 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 Bethune compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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

83%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
24%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
99%Grade B
1%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bethune. 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.

40.6%Housing insecurity
35.4%Utility-shutoff threat
54.9%Food insecurity
61.8%SNAP enrollment
28.4%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
25.3%Frequent mental distress
47.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bethune

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 35.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 47.9% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $788 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Detroit commands.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Wayne County average of 46.6%. 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. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. 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 26163537700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163537700?

Census tract 26163537700 in the Bethune 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163537700?

Median gross rent is $788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163537700?

30.0% of residents in tract 26163537700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,558.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163537700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 37th, minority 99th, housing 24th.

Is tract 26163537700 considered part of Bethune?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163537700 fall within Bethune (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163537700 struggle to pay rent?

About 40.6% 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. 35.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163537700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163537700 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.

Was tract 26163537700 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.

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