Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Lincoln Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26163577900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,903

How risky is Lincoln Park in Wayne County for landlords? Census tract 26163577900 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.

67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $865 monthly, set against $41,389 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 10% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units1,580

Renter share29.5%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate27.6%

Median income$41,389

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lincoln Park and the region

Centroid at 42.2248, -83.1908 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lincoln Park scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lincoln Park

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

27.6% poverty · this tract

6.9

Supply constraint

$865 rent vs county FMR

1.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lincoln Park

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lincoln Park

6.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lincoln Park

7.4

How Lincoln Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

61%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
69%Grade B
31%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

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.

20.1%Housing insecurity
15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
27.5%Food insecurity
27.9%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
11.7%No health insurance
22.8%Frequent mental distress
38.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Park

What moves this score most is housing court bias at 7.4/10. 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 Lincoln Park 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 26163577900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163577900?

Census tract 26163577900 in Lincoln Park scores 5.5/10 (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 26163577900?

Median gross rent is $865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163577900?

27.6% of residents in tract 26163577900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,903.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163577900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 95th, minority 32th, housing 27th.

What share of households in tract 26163577900 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.1% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163577900 compare to Lincoln Park overall?

Tract 26163577900 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lincoln Park at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lincoln Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163577900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Lincoln Park

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