Morningside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit
Tract 26163501900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,581 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 26163501900 covers part of the Morningside area of Detroit, MI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,581 residents. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3953, -82.9401 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morningside scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Morningside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Morningside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 36.5%Housing insecurity
- 31.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.9%Food insecurity
- 52.3%SNAP enrollment
- 24.2%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 24.6%Frequent mental distress
- 41.6%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Morningside
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 52.3% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.
The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 31.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Wayne County average of 46.6%. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, 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.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $998, close to the Detroit average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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