Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Arden Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Highland Park
Tract 26163553601 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,185 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 7.2/10, tract 26163553601 in the Arden Park area of Highland Park, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$51,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highland Park and the region
Centroid at 42.3999, -83.0876 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arden Park scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Highland Park
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Park
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Park
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Park
9.3
How Arden Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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
Within Arden 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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 18.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.8%Food insecurity
- 29.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Arden Park
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. It sits 2.6 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.3/10. At $921 a month, rents run 34% over what the rest of Highland Park commands.
SNAP participation runs 29.1% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 28.8% against 17.8% nationally. 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.
Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
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 26163553601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163553601?
Census tract 26163553601 in the Arden Park neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 26163553601?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163553601?
24.1% of residents in tract 26163553601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,185.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163553601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 42th, minority 91th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 26163553601 considered part of Arden Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163553601 fall within Arden Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163553601 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 18.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163553601 compare to Highland Park overall?
Tract 26163553601 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Highland Park at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26163553601 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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Top eight tracts in Highland Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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