Dexter-Fenkell Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 38.1% against 17.8% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $33,125 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.9/10.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.

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.