Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Romulus Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163585600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,844

Romulus in Wayne County anchors census tract 26163585600, which lands at 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,198 a month against an average household income of $80,962 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 25% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units1,340

Renter share39.2%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate18.6%

Median income$80,962

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Romulus and the region

Centroid at 42.2597, -83.3687 · click any tract to drill in

Why Romulus scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Romulus

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

18.6% poverty · this tract

4.6

Supply constraint

$1,198 rent vs county FMR

3.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Romulus

4.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Romulus

6.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Romulus

5.2

How Romulus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

76%Socioeconomic
64%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
22%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.

23.3%Housing insecurity
17.6%Utility-shutoff threat
27.5%Food insecurity
27.0%SNAP enrollment
13.8%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Romulus

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Romulus eviction risk, 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 22% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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 26163585600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163585600?

Census tract 26163585600 in Romulus 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163585600?

Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163585600?

18.6% of residents in tract 26163585600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,844.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163585600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 64th, minority 88th, housing 75th.

What share of households in tract 26163585600 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.3% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163585600 compare to Romulus overall?

Tract 26163585600 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Romulus at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Romulus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163585600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 22% 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 Romulus

Top eight tracts in Romulus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.