Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Southwestern Outer Drive Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dearborn

Tract 26163572800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 5,601 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 26163572800 sits in the Southwestern Outer Drive area of Dearborn Heights eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 21% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units2,100

Renter share31.3%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate19.1%

Median income$61,364

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn and the region

Centroid at 42.2760, -83.2412 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southwestern Outer Drive scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dearborn

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

19.1% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$1,349 rent vs county FMR

4.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dearborn

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dearborn

6.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dearborn

7.4

How Southwestern Outer Drive compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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

75%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
21%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 Southwestern Outer Drive. 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.

16.3%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
21.6%Food insecurity
20.6%SNAP enrollment
11.2%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
21.9%Frequent mental distress
35.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southwestern Outer Drive

Cost burden runs 33% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, local political climate 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 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely. Average gross rent is $1,349, close to the Dearborn Heights average.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $61,364.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163572800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163572800?

Census tract 26163572800 in the Southwestern Outer Drive neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 26163572800?

Median gross rent is $1,349/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163572800?

19.1% of residents in tract 26163572800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,601.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163572800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 90th, minority 37th, housing 21th.

Is tract 26163572800 considered part of Southwestern Outer Drive?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163572800 fall within Southwestern Outer Drive (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163572800 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.3% 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.

How does tract 26163572800 compare to Dearborn overall?

Tract 26163572800 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Dearborn at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dearborn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163572800 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 Dearborn

Top eight tracts in Dearborn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.