Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Inkster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 26163570500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,345

Census tract 26163570500 covers part of Inkster, MI, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,345. SNAP participation runs 39.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 15% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,233

Renter share29.5%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate25.9%

Median income$60,038

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Inkster and the region

Centroid at 42.2989, -83.3347 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inkster scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Inkster

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

25.9% poverty · this tract

6.5

Supply constraint

$1,119 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Inkster

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Inkster

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Inkster

8.7

How Inkster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

84%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
96%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
4%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

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.

28.1%Housing insecurity
22.8%Utility-shutoff threat
36.8%Food insecurity
39.7%SNAP enrollment
18.5%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
22.5%Frequent mental distress
39.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inkster

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 2.3 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Food insecurity runs 36.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163570500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163570500?

Census tract 26163570500 in Inkster scores 6.9/10 (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 26163570500?

Median gross rent is $1,119/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163570500?

25.9% of residents in tract 26163570500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,345.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163570500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 74th, minority 84th, housing 96th.

What share of households in tract 26163570500 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.1% 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. 22.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163570500 compare to Inkster overall?

Tract 26163570500 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Inkster at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Inkster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163570500 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. 4% 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 Inkster

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