Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Ecorse Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26163579700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,584
Tract 26163579700 covers Ecorse in Michigan. Home to 2,584 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $910 a month while the average household earns $38,054 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,225
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate29.2%
Median income$38,054
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ecorse and the region
Centroid at 42.2426, -83.1546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ecorse scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ecorse
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
29.2% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$910 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ecorse
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ecorse
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ecorse
7.2
How Ecorse compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 3%Grade B
- 9%Grade C
- 89%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
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.
- 26.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.4%Food insecurity
- 36.8%SNAP enrollment
- 17.5%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 43.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ecorse
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ecorse, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 26.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163579700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163579700?
Census tract 26163579700 in Ecorse scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 26163579700?
Median gross rent is $910/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163579700?
29.2% of residents in tract 26163579700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163579700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 52th, minority 67th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163579700 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.0% 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. 19.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163579700 compare to Ecorse overall?
Tract 26163579700 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Ecorse at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ecorse; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26163579700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 89% 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 Ecorse
Top eight tracts in Ecorse ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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