Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Inkster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26163570600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,329
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26163570600 (Inkster, Michigan) comes in at 6.8/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $366 a month while the average household earns $43,456 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units623
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate34.0%
Median income$43,456
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Inkster and the region
Centroid at 42.2809, -83.3338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Inkster scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
34.0% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$366 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 0%Grade C
- 94%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.
- 30.9%Housing insecurity
- 24.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.5%Food insecurity
- 42.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 22.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Inkster
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Inkster eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 94% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163570600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163570600?
Census tract 26163570600 in Inkster scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163570600?
Median gross rent is $366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163570600?
34.0% of residents in tract 26163570600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,329.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163570600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 56th, minority 95th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163570600 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.9% 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. 24.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163570600 compare to Inkster overall?
Tract 26163570600 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Inkster at 3.7/10. 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.
Q7
Was tract 26163570600 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. 94% 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.
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