Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Southgate Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163581101 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,686

Census tract 26163581101 covers part of Southgate, MI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,686. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 28% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units1,613

Renter share43.7%

SVI overall0.46

Poverty rate6.8%

Median income$66,183

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southgate and the region

Centroid at 42.2080, -83.2161 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southgate scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Southgate

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

6.8% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$1,194 rent vs county FMR

3.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Southgate

5.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Southgate

7.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Southgate

5.2

How Southgate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

26%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
46%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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.

12.2%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
14.5%Food insecurity
11.8%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
28.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southgate

Cost burden runs 35% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10.

It sits 1.6 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.2/10. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 5.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 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 most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,194, close to the Southgate average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $66,183.

44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163581101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163581101?

Census tract 26163581101 in Southgate 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163581101?

Median gross rent is $1,194/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163581101?

6.8% of residents in tract 26163581101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,686.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163581101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 79th, minority 46th, housing 49th.

What share of households in tract 26163581101 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163581101 compare to Southgate overall?

Tract 26163581101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Southgate at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southgate eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southgate

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