Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Morass-Morang Eviction Risk: Elevated , Harper Woods
Tract 26163500700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,318 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 26163500700 sits in the Morass-Morang area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 4,318. 37% 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
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,343
Renter share65.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate33.0%
Median income$49,336
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harper Woods and the region
Centroid at 42.4296, -82.9473 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morass-Morang scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harper Woods
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
33.0% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,266 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harper Woods
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harper Woods
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harper Woods
6.0
How Morass-Morang compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 3%Grade A
- 0%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 Morass-Morang. 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.
- 37.9%Housing insecurity
- 32.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 48.2%Food insecurity
- 53.4%SNAP enrollment
- 24.9%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 25.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morass-Morang
Food insecurity runs 48.2% against 17.8% nationally. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Housing insecurity runs 37.9% against 14.2% nationally. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the high side, economic stress reads 8.3/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 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. Average gross rent is $1,266, 18% above the Detroit average.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163500700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163500700?
Census tract 26163500700 in the Morass-Morang 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 26163500700?
Median gross rent is $1,266/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163500700?
33.0% of residents in tract 26163500700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,318.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163500700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 51th, minority 96th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 26163500700 considered part of Morass-Morang?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163500700 fall within Morass-Morang (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163500700 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.9% 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. 32.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163500700 compare to Harper Woods overall?
Tract 26163500700 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Harper Woods at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harper Woods; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26163500700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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