Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Trenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163594500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,249
Trenton is where census tract 26163594500 sits, home to 3,249 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.9/10. It lands near the 35th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
22% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $850 monthly, set against $94,034 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,317
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$94,034
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 42.1259, -83.2090 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trenton scores 2.1
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
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$850 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trenton
The score leans hardest on 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 well below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163594500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163594500?
Census tract 26163594500 in Trenton scores 2.1/10 (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 26163594500?
Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163594500?
1.8% of residents in tract 26163594500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,249.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163594500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 16th, minority 24th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163594500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163594500 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 26163594500 scores 2.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Trenton
Top eight tracts in Trenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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