Westland Eviction Risk: Moderate

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $43,655, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. SNAP participation runs 23.1% against 15.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,218, close to the Westland average. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.