Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163566700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,895
In Wayne in Wayne County, census tract 26163566700 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #9,569 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,082 monthly, set against $59,010 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,357
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$59,010
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayne and the region
Centroid at 42.2698, -83.4128 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne scores 3.9
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,082 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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
- 42%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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.4%Food insecurity
- 23.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 22.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne
What moves this score most 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 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.
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26163566700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163566700?
Census tract 26163566700 in Wayne scores 3.9/10 (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 26163566700?
Median gross rent is $1,082/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163566700?
9.3% of residents in tract 26163566700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,895.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163566700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 56th, minority 43th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163566700 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163566700 compare to Wayne overall?
Tract 26163566700 scores 3.9/10, 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 26163566700 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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Highest-risk tracts in Wayne
Top eight tracts in Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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