Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Westland Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26163567202 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,831

26163567202 is a census tract in Westland, MI. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,831. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 32% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,282

Renter share55.5%

SVI overall0.58

Poverty rate14.8%

Median income$56,117

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westland and the region

Centroid at 42.3418, -83.3424 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westland scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westland

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

14.8% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,100 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westland

6.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westland

8.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westland

6.2

How Westland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

69%Socioeconomic
29%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
52%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
2%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.

16.2%Housing insecurity
12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
19.9%SNAP enrollment
10.7%Transit barriers
7.5%No health insurance
20.9%Frequent mental distress
32.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westland

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10.

42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Wayne County average of 46.6%. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,100, close to the Westland average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $56,117.

55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163567202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163567202?

Census tract 26163567202 in Westland scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163567202?

Median gross rent is $1,100/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163567202?

14.8% of residents in tract 26163567202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,831.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163567202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 29th, minority 58th, housing 52th.

What share of households in tract 26163567202 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.2% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163567202 compare to Westland overall?

Tract 26163567202 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Westland at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163567202 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 Westland

Top eight tracts in Westland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.