Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally

Southgate Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163581200 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,431

Census tract 26163581200 belongs to Southgate in Wayne County, Michigan. It is home to 3,431 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $985 a month against an average household income of $50,152 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 27% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units1,714

Renter share50.8%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate8.5%

Median income$50,152

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southgate and the region

Centroid at 42.1916, -83.2187 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southgate scores 3.2

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

8.5% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$985 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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: 59

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

55%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
31%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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.

11.1%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
34.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southgate

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Southgate 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 White and ranks around the 59th 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 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 26163581200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163581200?

Census tract 26163581200 in Southgate scores 3.2/10 (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 26163581200?

Median gross rent is $985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163581200?

8.5% of residents in tract 26163581200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,431.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163581200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 65th, minority 31th, housing 62th.

What share of households in tract 26163581200 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163581200 compare to Southgate overall?

Tract 26163581200 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Southgate at 3.1/10. 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.