Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Boynton Eviction Risk: Elevated , River Rouge

Tract 26163579300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,395 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 6.9/10, tract 26163579300 in the Boynton area of River Rouge, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,395. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

6.9

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 19% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units1,017

Renter share42.3%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate42.5%

Median income$29,331

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across River Rouge and the region

Centroid at 42.2696, -83.1437 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boynton scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from River Rouge

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

42.5% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$744 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from River Rouge

9.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from River Rouge

8.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from River Rouge

9.5

How Boynton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

98%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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
74%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 Boynton. 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.

40.0%Housing insecurity
35.1%Utility-shutoff threat
55.6%Food insecurity
63.3%SNAP enrollment
28.0%Transit barriers
13.8%No health insurance
24.8%Frequent mental distress
49.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Boynton

SNAP participation runs 63.3% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 55.6% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. It sits 2.3 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Cost burden runs 55% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Average gross rent is $744, 11% below the River Rouge average.

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. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163579300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163579300?

Census tract 26163579300 in the Boynton neighborhood 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 26163579300?

Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163579300?

42.5% of residents in tract 26163579300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,395.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163579300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 86th, minority 100th, housing 31th.

Is tract 26163579300 considered part of Boynton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163579300 fall within Boynton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163579300 struggle to pay rent?

About 40.0% 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. 35.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163579300 compare to River Rouge overall?

Tract 26163579300 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of River Rouge at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from River Rouge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163579300 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. 74% 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 River Rouge

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