Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Morass-Morang Eviction Risk: Lower , Harper Woods
Tract 26163551300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,322 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 26163551300 covers part of the Morass-Morang area of Harper Woods, MI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,322 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,752
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$64,140
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harper Woods and the region
Centroid at 42.4354, -82.9182 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morass-Morang scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harper Woods
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,109 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harper Woods
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harper Woods
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harper Woods
6.9
How Morass-Morang compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 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 Morass-Morang. 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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 17.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morass-Morang
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. At $1,109 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Harper Woods commands. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $64,140.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163551300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163551300?
Census tract 26163551300 in the Morass-Morang neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163551300?
Median gross rent is $1,109/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163551300?
7.0% of residents in tract 26163551300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,322.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163551300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 94th, minority 68th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 26163551300 considered part of Morass-Morang?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163551300 fall within Morass-Morang (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163551300 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163551300 compare to Harper Woods overall?
Tract 26163551300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Harper Woods at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harper Woods; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26163551300 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Harper Woods
Top eight tracts in Harper Woods ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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