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Neighborhood · Detroit, MI

Franklin Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

6 census tracts · pop 15,417 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 4.6–6

Franklin Park is a 6-tract neighborhood of Detroit, MI, population 15,417. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 30.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 37.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 33%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.6/10. Against a Detroit baseline of 35.9%, 45% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.6 to 6, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

Among the 130 mapped neighborhoods of Detroit, it ranks #3 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Pembroke and Chandler Park score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Average gross rent runs $1,123, close to the Detroit average.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
6
Elevated
6 tracts · population-weighted
Franklin Park vs Detroit How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
44.9% +25%
Detroit: 35.9%
Average gross rent
$1,123 +5%
Detroit: $1,074
Average HH income
$32,432 -18%
Detroit: $39,575
Poverty rate
38.8% +23%
Detroit: 31.5%
Renter share
50.0% +1%
Detroit: 49.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Franklin Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 6 tracts span score 4.6–6

Why Franklin Park scores 6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
45% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
50% renter households · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Economic stress
38.8% below poverty line · Range 3.0–10.0 across tracts
8.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.6–5.0 across tracts
3.2
Risk score comparison

Franklin Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Franklin Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.0Franklin ParkNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.2Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Franklin Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.4 points from 4.6 to 6. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

6 tracts in Franklin Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
26163545900 6 4,380 61% $1,126
26163546100 6 3,722 30% $1,255
26163546000 6 2,723 39% $913
26163546600 6 1,764 30% $1,168
26163546700 5.8 2,828 55% $1,118
26163985800 4.6 , , ,
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 85

Pop-weighted across 6 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 88%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 87%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 49%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Franklin Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Franklin Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Franklin Park?

Franklin Park scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 6 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Franklin Park compare to Detroit overall?

Franklin Park scores 1.4 points higher than Detroit overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,123 vs $1,074.
Q3

What is the average rent in Franklin Park?

Average gross rent in Franklin Park is $1,123/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Franklin Park residents are renters?

50% of Franklin Park households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Detroit). The neighborhood has 15,417 residents.
Q5

Is Franklin Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Franklin Park sits in the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Franklin Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Franklin Park is census tract 26163545900 (score 6/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 6, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7

How safe is Franklin Park for landlords?

Franklin Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Detroit as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Franklin Park?

Franklin Park has 14,540 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (77.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (8.5%), Hispanic / Latino (7.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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