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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Morass-Morang Eviction Risk: Elevated , Harper Woods

Tract 26163500700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,318 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 26163500700, home to 4,318 residents in Morass-Morang in Harper Woods, scores 7.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 96th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,266 a month while the average household earns $49,336 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 26% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,343
Renter share65.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate33.0%
Median income$49,336

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Morass-Morang
Elevated
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#124 of 274 tracts In Harper Woods
Moderate
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#168 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harper Woods and the region

Centroid at 42.4296, -82.9473 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morass-Morang scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Harper Woods
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
33.0% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,266 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harper Woods
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harper Woods
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harper Woods
6.0

How Morass-Morang compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Morass-Morang risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 500700Harper Woods: 3.33.3Harper Woodsparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Within Morass-Morang. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morass-Morang

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.3/10. 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 Harper Woods, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 37.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 32.1% 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 26163500700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163500700?

Census tract 26163500700 in the Morass-Morang neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 26163500700?

Median gross rent is $1,266/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163500700?

33.0% of residents in tract 26163500700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,318.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163500700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 51th, minority 96th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 26163500700 considered part of Morass-Morang?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163500700 fall within Morass-Morang (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163500700 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.9% 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. 32.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163500700 compare to Harper Woods overall?

Tract 26163500700 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Harper Woods at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harper Woods; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26163500700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Harper Woods

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

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