Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Trenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163594100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,287
Trenton anchors census tract 26163594100, which lands at 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #39,443 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,077 monthly, set against $70,956 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,807
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$70,956
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 42.1485, -83.1973 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trenton scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trenton
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trenton
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trenton
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trenton
4.1
How Trenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 26%Grade B
- 0%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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trenton
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 4.1/10. 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 Trenton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163594100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163594100?
Census tract 26163594100 in Trenton scores 2.6/10 (Lower 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 26163594100?
Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163594100?
5.4% of residents in tract 26163594100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,287.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163594100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 64th, minority 11th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163594100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163594100 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 26163594100 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Trenton at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trenton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26163594100 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 Trenton
Top eight tracts in Trenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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