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Neighborhood · Detroit, MI

Pershing Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 3,450 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 6–6

Pershing is a one-tract neighborhood of Detroit, MI and houses 3,450 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 59% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Against a Detroit baseline of 35.9%, about three-quarters of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. 31.5% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. Disability prevalence reaches 44.6% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

Among the 130 mapped neighborhoods of Detroit, it ranks #3 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Average gross rent runs $1,034, close to the Detroit average. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Pershing vs Detroit How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
77.1% +115%
Detroit: 35.9%
Average gross rent
$1,034 -4%
Detroit: $1,074
Average HH income
$31,633 -20%
Detroit: $39,575
Poverty rate
40.9% +30%
Detroit: 31.5%
Renter share
35.3% -29%
Detroit: 49.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pershing and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6–6

Why Pershing scores 6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
77% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
35% renter households · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Economic stress
40.9% below poverty line · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Risk score comparison

Pershing vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Pershing score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.0PershingNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.2Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Pershing

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
26163506900 6 3,450 77% $1,034
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 90

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 98%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 74%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pershing

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Pershing

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Pershing?

Pershing scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Pershing compare to Detroit overall?

Pershing scores 1.4 points higher than Detroit overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 77% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,034 vs $1,074.
Q3

What is the average rent in Pershing?

Average gross rent in Pershing is $1,034/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Pershing residents are renters?

35% of Pershing households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Detroit). The neighborhood has 3,450 residents.
Q5

Is Pershing a high social-vulnerability area?

Pershing sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Pershing for landlords?

Pershing carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Detroit as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Pershing?

Pershing has 3,711 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (96.9%), Other / Multiracial (1.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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