Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Trenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163594401 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,914
Census tract 26163594401 covers part of Trenton, MI, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,914 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,252
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$67,192
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 42.1258, -83.1910 · click any tract to drill in
Why Trenton scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trenton
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
$823 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trenton
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trenton
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trenton
4.1
How Trenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 17%Grade C
- 0%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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Trenton
Cost burden runs 59% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $67,192, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Average gross rent is $823, close to the Trenton average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163594401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163594401?
Census tract 26163594401 in Trenton scores 3.5/10 (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 26163594401?
Median gross rent is $823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163594401?
18.3% of residents in tract 26163594401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,914.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163594401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 74th, minority 31th, housing 59th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163594401 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163594401 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 26163594401 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Trenton at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trenton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26163594401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Trenton
Top eight tracts in Trenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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