Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Wyandotte Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26163580200 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,631

Tract 26163580200 covers Wyandotte in Michigan. Home to 2,631 residents, it scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $872 a month against an average household income of $59,830 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 13% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,037

Renter share24.3%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate29.8%

Median income$59,830

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyandotte and the region

Centroid at 42.2287, -83.1593 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wyandotte scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wyandotte

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

29.8% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$872 rent vs county FMR

1.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wyandotte

4.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wyandotte

5.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wyandotte

5.6

How Wyandotte compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

69%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
33%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
28%Grade B
17%Grade C
55%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.

15.1%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
20.6%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
35.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wyandotte

What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wyandotte eviction risk, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 55% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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 26163580200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163580200?

Census tract 26163580200 in Wyandotte scores 5.3/10 (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 26163580200?

Median gross rent is $872/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163580200?

29.8% of residents in tract 26163580200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,631.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163580200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 19th, minority 26th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 26163580200 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.1% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163580200 compare to Wyandotte overall?

Tract 26163580200 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Wyandotte at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wyandotte eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163580200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 55% 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 Wyandotte

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