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

Harmony Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163536800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,818 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163536800 in the Harmony Village area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,818. 61% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 19% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units557

Renter share48.7%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate44.2%

Median income$26,004

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4065, -83.1659 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harmony Village 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

44.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,051 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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 Harmony Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

93%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
18%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
100%Grade B
0%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 Harmony Village. 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.

39.1%Housing insecurity
34.3%Utility-shutoff threat
51.3%Food insecurity
58.3%SNAP enrollment
26.5%Transit barriers
11.7%No health insurance
25.0%Frequent mental distress
44.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harmony Village

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 34.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Food insecurity runs 51.3% against 17.8% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $26,004 and the ratio lands at 49%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 44%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163536800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163536800?

Census tract 26163536800 in the Harmony Village 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163536800?

Median gross rent is $1,051/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163536800?

44.2% of residents in tract 26163536800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,818.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163536800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 74th, minority 99th, housing 18th.

Is tract 26163536800 considered part of Harmony Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163536800 fall within Harmony Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163536800 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.1% 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. 34.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163536800 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163536800 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.

Was tract 26163536800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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