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

Denby Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163501000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,056 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 26163501000 covers part of the Denby area of Detroit, MI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,056. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 18% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units853
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate40.8%
Median income$34,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Denby
Moderate
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#21 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very High
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#187 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
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 42.4187, -82.9516 · click any tract to drill in

Why Denby 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
40.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,254 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Denby compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Denby risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5010004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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.

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 Denby

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 65.6% against 15.2% nationally. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $34,063, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Disability prevalence runs 47.8% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. At $1,254 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Detroit commands.

This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163501000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163501000?

Census tract 26163501000 in the Denby 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 26163501000?

Median gross rent is $1,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163501000?

40.8% of residents in tract 26163501000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,056.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163501000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 69th, minority 99th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 26163501000 considered part of Denby?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163501000 fall within Denby (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163501000 struggle to pay rent?

About 43.3% 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. 38.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163501000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163501000 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 26163501000 historically redlined?

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