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

Morass-Morang Eviction Risk: Elevated , Harper Woods

Tract 26163500800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,462 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 26163500800 covers part of the Morass-Morang area of Detroit, MI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 8% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units899
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate33.1%
Median income$31,098

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Morass-Morang
High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 274 tracts In Harper Woods
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#172 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 Harper Woods and the region

Centroid at 42.4247, -82.9352 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morass-Morang scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
33.1% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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.
Morass-Morang risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5008004.0Harper Woodsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morass-Morang

84% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Wayne County average of 46.6%. SNAP participation runs 55.9% against 15.2% nationally.

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 32.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $31,098, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.3/10.

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

On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163500800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163500800?

Census tract 26163500800 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 26163500800?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163500800?

33.1% of residents in tract 26163500800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,462.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163500800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 72th, minority 94th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 26163500800 considered part of Morass-Morang?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163500800 fall within Morass-Morang (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163500800 struggle to pay rent?

About 38.7% 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. 32.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163500800 compare to Harper Woods overall?

Tract 26163500800 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 26163500800 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Harper Woods

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

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