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West End Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163514100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,403 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163514100 in the West End area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,403. SNAP participation runs 55.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 19% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units974

Renter share50.0%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate36.4%

Median income$24,808

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3798, -82.9894 · click any tract to drill in

Why West End 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

36.4% poverty · this tract

9.1

Supply constraint

$649 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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 West End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

96%Socioeconomic
64%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
93%Grade C
7%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 West End. 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.

37.4%Housing insecurity
30.9%Utility-shutoff threat
50.7%Food insecurity
55.4%SNAP enrollment
25.5%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
23.9%Frequent mental distress
47.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West End

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.

At $649 a month, rents run 40% under what the rest of Detroit commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.1/10.

The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 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 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163514100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163514100?

Census tract 26163514100 in the West End 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 26163514100?

Median gross rent is $649/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163514100?

36.4% of residents in tract 26163514100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,403.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163514100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 64th, minority 94th, housing 87th.

Is tract 26163514100 considered part of West End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163514100 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163514100 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.4% 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. 30.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163514100 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163514100 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 26163514100 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. 7% 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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