Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Romulus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163585700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,979
How risky is Romulus in Wayne County for landlords? Census tract 26163585700 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #11,040 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,188 a month against an average household income of $62,152 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units839
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$62,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Romulus and the region
Centroid at 42.2422, -83.3743 · click any tract to drill in
Why Romulus scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,188 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.0%Food insecurity
- 25.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Romulus
The heaviest input here 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26163585700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163585700?
Census tract 26163585700 in Romulus scores 3.9/10 (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 26163585700?
Median gross rent is $1,188/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163585700?
18.3% of residents in tract 26163585700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,979.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163585700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 29th, minority 68th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163585700 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163585700 compare to Romulus overall?
Tract 26163585700 scores 3.9/10, higher than 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Romulus
Top eight tracts in Romulus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MI
26163585500
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163985400
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163986300
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163585600
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163585900
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163585800
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163586201
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163586300
2.7
/ 10 · Low
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