Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Wade Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163504400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,690 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

26163504400 is a census tract in the Wade area of Detroit, MI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 27% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units572

Renter share43.5%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate45.4%

Median income$23,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4031, -82.9893 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wade scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Detroit

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

45.4% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$761 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Detroit

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Detroit

6.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Detroit

6.0

How Wade compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

84%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
58%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
95%Grade B
5%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

Within Wade. 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.

43.0%Housing insecurity
36.5%Utility-shutoff threat
58.2%Food insecurity
64.5%SNAP enrollment
29.7%Transit barriers
15.2%No health insurance
26.3%Frequent mental distress
49.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wade

Food insecurity runs 58.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $23,938, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Disability prevalence runs 49.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $761, 29% below the Detroit average.

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Wayne County average of 46.6%. It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163504400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163504400?

Census tract 26163504400 in the Wade neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 26163504400?

Median gross rent is $761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163504400?

45.4% of residents in tract 26163504400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,690.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163504400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 82th, minority 99th, housing 58th.

Is tract 26163504400 considered part of Wade?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163504400 fall within Wade (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163504400 struggle to pay rent?

About 43.0% 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. 36.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163504400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163504400 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Detroit at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Detroit eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163504400 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.

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