Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26163566600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,793
With a score of $1/10, tract 26163566600 in Wayne in Wayne County ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,793 residents. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,067 a month against an average household income of $63,750 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units813
Renter share18.7%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$63,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayne and the region
Centroid at 42.2835, -83.4130 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wayne
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wayne
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wayne
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wayne
6.8
How Wayne 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.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 0%Grade B
- 8%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Wayne, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 26163566600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163566600?
Census tract 26163566600 in Wayne scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 26163566600?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163566600?
10.1% of residents in tract 26163566600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,793.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163566600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 63th, minority 41th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163566600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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 26163566600 compare to Wayne overall?
Tract 26163566600 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Wayne at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wayne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26163566600 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.
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