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

Medical Center Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163517500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,580 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Tract 26163517500 sits in the Medical Center area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 2,580. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 38% Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,762
Renter share92.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate52.6%
Median income$20,231

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Medical Center
Moderate
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#114 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#192 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
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 42.3541, -83.0561 · click any tract to drill in

Why Medical Center 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
52.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$712 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Medical Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Medical Center risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5175004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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 Medical Center

The poverty rate is 53%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. 93% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Set annual rent against average income of $20,231 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Average gross rent is $712, 34% below the Detroit average. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Housing insecurity runs 29.9% against 14.2% nationally.

Disability prevalence runs 46.0% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163517500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163517500?

Census tract 26163517500 in the Medical Center 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 26163517500?

Median gross rent is $712/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163517500?

52.6% of residents in tract 26163517500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,580.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163517500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 70th, minority 85th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 26163517500 considered part of Medical Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163517500 fall within Medical Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163517500 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.9% 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. 26.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163517500 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163517500 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 26163517500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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Top eight tracts in Detroit ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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