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

Morningside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163502000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,901 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 26163502000 sits in the Morningside area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. It is home to 1,901 residents. The severe-burden share is 58%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 9% Owners 79%

Tract context

Occupied units776

Renter share20.5%

SVI overall0.80

Poverty rate31.1%

Median income$41,064

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3933, -82.9470 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morningside 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

31.1% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$1,296 rent vs county FMR

4.4

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 Morningside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

88%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
57%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
43%Grade B
57%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 Morningside. 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.

31.0%Housing insecurity
25.5%Utility-shutoff threat
38.3%Food insecurity
41.3%SNAP enrollment
19.4%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
22.5%Frequent mental distress
36.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morningside

SNAP participation runs 41.3% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Set annual rent against average income of $41,064 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Wayne County average of 46.6%. Housing insecurity runs 31.0% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,296, 21% above the Detroit average.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163502000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163502000?

Census tract 26163502000 in the Morningside 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163502000?

Median gross rent is $1,296/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163502000?

31.1% of residents in tract 26163502000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,901.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163502000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 47th, minority 97th, housing 57th.

Is tract 26163502000 considered part of Morningside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163502000 fall within Morningside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163502000 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.0% 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. 25.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163502000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163502000 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.

Was tract 26163502000 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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