Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Trenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163594300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,969
26163594300 is a census tract in Trenton, MI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,283
Renter share1.2%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$86,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 42.1372, -83.2056 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trenton scores 3
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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 13%Grade B
- 4%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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trenton
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6. Cost burden runs 53% here against 46.6% across Wayne County.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally.
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. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 1% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163594300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163594300?
Census tract 26163594300 in Trenton scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26163594300?
2.2% of residents in tract 26163594300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,969.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163594300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 6th, minority 19th, housing 13th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26163594300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26163594300 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 26163594300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Trenton at 3.4/10. 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.
Q6
Was tract 26163594300 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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