Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Garden City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163569700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,466

Tract 26163569700 covers Garden City in Wayne County in Michigan. Home to 4,466 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.

About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $989 a month against an average household income of $72,464 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 18% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,596

Renter share24.6%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate9.1%

Median income$72,464

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden City and the region

Centroid at 42.3182, -83.3403 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garden City scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Garden City

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

9.1% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$989 rent vs county FMR

2.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Garden City

2.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Garden City

3.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Garden City

3.4

How Garden City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

60%Socioeconomic
64%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
19%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
0%Grade B
51%Grade C
48%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.

11.7%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
14.1%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
19.7%Frequent mental distress
30.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garden City

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.5/10. 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 Garden City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 48% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163569700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163569700?

Census tract 26163569700 in Garden City scores 3/10 (Lower 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 26163569700?

Median gross rent is $989/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163569700?

9.1% of residents in tract 26163569700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,466.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163569700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 64th, minority 24th, housing 19th.

What share of households in tract 26163569700 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163569700 compare to Garden City overall?

Tract 26163569700 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Garden City at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garden City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163569700 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. 48% 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 Garden City

Top eight tracts in Garden City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.