Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Southgate Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163581800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,688
Census tract 26163581800 sits in Southgate eviction risk, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,580 monthly, set against $46,635 in average yearly household income, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,059
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$46,635
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Southgate and the region
Centroid at 42.2043, -83.1985 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southgate scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,580 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southgate
What moves this score most 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd 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.
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 26163581800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163581800?
Census tract 26163581800 in Southgate scores 3.4/10 (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 26163581800?
Median gross rent is $1,580/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163581800?
9.9% of residents in tract 26163581800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,688.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163581800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 66th, minority 34th, housing 4th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163581800 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163581800 compare to Southgate overall?
Tract 26163581800 scores 3.4/10, higher than 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.
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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2.4
/ 10 · Low
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