Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Denby Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163501000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,056 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26163501000, home to 3,056 residents in the Denby area of Detroit, scores 7.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,254 a month while the average household earns $34,063 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.

Risk score

6.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 18% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units853

Renter share48.7%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate40.8%

Median income$34,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4187, -82.9516 · click any tract to drill in

Why Denby scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Detroit

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

40.8% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,254 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Detroit

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Detroit

6.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Detroit

6.0

How Denby compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

88%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation

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.

100%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%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.

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.

43.3%Housing insecurity
38.1%Utility-shutoff threat
57.9%Food insecurity
65.6%SNAP enrollment
30.4%Transit barriers
13.6%No health insurance
27.2%Frequent mental distress
47.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Denby

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 Detroit eviction risk, 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 43.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 38.1% 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 A ("Best"), 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 26163501000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163501000?

Census tract 26163501000 in the Denby neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163501000?

Median gross rent is $1,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163501000?

40.8% of residents in tract 26163501000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,056.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163501000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 69th, minority 99th, housing 95th.

Is tract 26163501000 considered part of Denby?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163501000 fall within Denby (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163501000 struggle to pay rent?

About 43.3% 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. 38.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163501000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163501000 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Detroit at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Detroit eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163501000 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.

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