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

Midwest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163527900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,980 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 26163527900 sits in the Midwest area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 12% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units780

Renter share35.0%

SVI overall1.00

Poverty rate33.9%

Median income$31,538

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3492, -83.1151 · click any tract to drill in

Why Midwest 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

33.9% poverty · this tract

8.5

Supply constraint

$1,028 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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 Midwest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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

99%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
92%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
1%Grade C
99%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 Midwest. 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.

35.7%Housing insecurity
29.6%Utility-shutoff threat
47.4%Food insecurity
51.0%SNAP enrollment
24.1%Transit barriers
14.4%No health insurance
23.2%Frequent mental distress
44.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Midwest

Cost burden runs 66% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Food insecurity runs 47.4% against 17.8% nationally.

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $31,538, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the high side, economic stress reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.5% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 10/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163527900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163527900?

Census tract 26163527900 in the Midwest 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 26163527900?

Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163527900?

33.9% of residents in tract 26163527900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,980.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163527900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 99th, minority 95th, housing 92th.

Is tract 26163527900 considered part of Midwest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163527900 fall within Midwest (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163527900 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.7% 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. 29.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163527900 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163527900 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 26163527900 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. 99% 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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