Westland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26163565301 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,271
26163565301 is a census tract in Westland, MI. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,271. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Westland and the region
Centroid at 42.3446, -83.3914 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westland scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Westland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 23.3%Housing insecurity
- 18.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.0%Food insecurity
- 32.3%SNAP enrollment
- 16.1%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Westland
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Set annual rent against average income of $29,769 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. SNAP participation runs 32.3% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.8/10.
Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Housing insecurity runs 23.3% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 49% of renters.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
About tract 26163565301
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Highest-risk tracts in Westland
Top eight tracts in Westland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.