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

Wildemere Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163533300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,249 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

26163533300 is a census tract in the Wildemere Park area of Detroit, MI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,249 residents. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 12% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 28% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units443
Renter share31.8%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate32.4%
Median income$40,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Wildemere Park
Very Low
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#20 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3622, -83.1067 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wildemere Park 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
32.4% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$982 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Wildemere Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wildemere Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5333004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

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.

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 Wildemere Park. 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 Wildemere Park

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Food insecurity runs 39.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $982, 9% below 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, 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 housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163533300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163533300?

Census tract 26163533300 in the Wildemere Park 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 26163533300?

Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163533300?

32.4% of residents in tract 26163533300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,249.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163533300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 88th, minority 96th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 26163533300 considered part of Wildemere Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163533300 fall within Wildemere Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163533300 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.3% 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. 25.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163533300 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163533300 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163533300 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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