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Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Inkster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 26163570800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,870

Tract 26163570800 sits in Inkster eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. It is home to 2,870 residents. Food insecurity runs 47.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 33% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,214
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$33,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Inkster
High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11,153 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Inkster and the region

Centroid at 42.2823, -83.3190 · click any tract to drill in

Why Inkster scores 7.3

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
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,090 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Inkster risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 5708005.9Inksterparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Inkster

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points.

Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10.

Housing insecurity runs 34.8% against 14.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $33,554 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163570800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163570800?

Census tract 26163570800 in Inkster scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163570800?

Median gross rent is $1,090/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163570800?

31.2% of residents in tract 26163570800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,870.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163570800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 88th, minority 91th, housing 49th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 26163570800 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.8% 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. 29.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 26163570800 compare to Inkster overall?

Tract 26163570800 scores 7.3/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 26163570800 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. 99% 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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