Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Garden City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163569900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,516
Tract 26163569900, home to 2,516 residents in Garden City, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
20% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,523 a month while the average household earns $77,612 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units956
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$77,612
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garden City and the region
Centroid at 42.3142, -83.3208 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garden City scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,523 rent vs county FMR
6.1
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: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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
- 0%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 96%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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garden City
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 6.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 96% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163569900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163569900?
Census tract 26163569900 in Garden City scores 2.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163569900?
Median gross rent is $1,523/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163569900?
7.6% of residents in tract 26163569900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163569900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 30th, minority 32th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163569900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163569900 compare to Garden City overall?
Tract 26163569900 scores 2.9/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 26163569900 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. 96% 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.
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26163569200
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26163569400
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26163569800
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163569300
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163569700
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163569500
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163569600
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163569100
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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