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

Martin Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163530200 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,825 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163530200 in the Martin Park area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 20% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,131
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate40.4%
Median income$46,775

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Martin Park
Moderate
Within parent city
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#121 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very 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 42.4111, -83.1342 · click any tract to drill in

Why Martin Park 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
40.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,106 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Martin Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Martin Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5302004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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.

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 Martin Park

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 41.0% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Wayne County average of 46.6%. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 26.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

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

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163530200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163530200?

Census tract 26163530200 in the Martin Park 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 26163530200?

Median gross rent is $1,106/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163530200?

40.4% of residents in tract 26163530200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,825.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163530200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 65th, minority 90th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 26163530200 considered part of Martin Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163530200 fall within Martin Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163530200 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.6% 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. 26.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163530200 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163530200 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 26163530200 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.
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