Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Trenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163594401 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,914
Census tract 26163594401 sits in Trenton in Wayne County, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #16,616 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $823 a month against an average household income of $67,192 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,252
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$67,192
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 42.1258, -83.1910 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trenton scores 3.6
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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$823 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 17%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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trenton
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 26163594401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163594401?
Census tract 26163594401 in Trenton scores 3.6/10 (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 26163594401?
Median gross rent is $823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163594401?
18.3% of residents in tract 26163594401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,914.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163594401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 74th, minority 31th, housing 59th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163594401 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163594401 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 26163594401 scores 3.6/10, higher 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 26163594401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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