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

Evergreen-Outer Drive Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163540500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,574 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 26163540500 sits in the Evergreen-Outer Drive area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 2,574. 59% 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

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 7% Owners 67%

Tract context

Occupied units1,106

Renter share32.5%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate40.5%

Median income$45,460

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4237, -83.2251 · click any tract to drill in

Why Evergreen-Outer Drive 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

40.5% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,261 rent vs county FMR

4.2

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 Evergreen-Outer Drive compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

85%Socioeconomic
72%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
13%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
1%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Evergreen-Outer Drive. 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.

35.5%Housing insecurity
29.8%Utility-shutoff threat
46.8%Food insecurity
52.1%SNAP enrollment
23.3%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
23.6%Frequent mental distress
43.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Evergreen-Outer Drive

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 80% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Food insecurity runs 46.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 52.1% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $45,460 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

At $1,261 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Detroit commands. 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 #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163540500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163540500?

Census tract 26163540500 in the Evergreen-Outer Drive 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 26163540500?

Median gross rent is $1,261/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163540500?

40.5% of residents in tract 26163540500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,574.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163540500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 72th, minority 98th, housing 13th.

Is tract 26163540500 considered part of Evergreen-Outer Drive?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163540500 fall within Evergreen-Outer Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163540500 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.5% 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. 29.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163540500 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163540500 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 26163540500 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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