Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Farwell Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163506700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,249 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 26163506700 covers part of the Farwell area of Detroit, MI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,249 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 11% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units367
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate43.1%
Median income$36,151

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Farwell
Very Low
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 274 tracts In Detroit
High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#149 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
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 42.4442, -83.0466 · click any tract to drill in

Why Farwell 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
43.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,286 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Farwell compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Farwell risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5067004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Farwell. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Farwell

SNAP participation runs 58.2% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 37.6% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 43%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. Annualized rent equals 43% of average household income of $36,151, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

At $1,286 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Detroit commands. 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.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163506700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163506700?

Census tract 26163506700 in the Farwell 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 26163506700?

Median gross rent is $1,286/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163506700?

43.1% of residents in tract 26163506700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,249.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163506700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 75th, minority 99th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 26163506700 considered part of Farwell?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163506700 fall within Farwell (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163506700 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.6% 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. 33.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163506700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163506700 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 26163506700 historically redlined?

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

Highest-risk tracts in Detroit

Top eight tracts in Detroit ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related