Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Morningside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163501300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,431 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 5.9/10, tract 26163501300 in the Morningside area of Detroit, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,431. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 44% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,147

Renter share68.4%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate29.3%

Median income$62,230

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4034, -82.9505 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morningside scores 5.9

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

29.3% poverty · this tract

7.3

Supply constraint

$1,205 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 Morningside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

86%Socioeconomic
56%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
61%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
100%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Morningside. 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.

30.6%Housing insecurity
23.4%Utility-shutoff threat
37.8%Food insecurity
39.0%SNAP enrollment
18.8%Transit barriers
9.6%No health insurance
22.8%Frequent mental distress
37.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morningside

SNAP participation runs 39.0% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

It sits 1.3 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,205, 12% above the Detroit average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163501300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163501300?

Census tract 26163501300 in the Morningside neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 26163501300?

Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163501300?

29.3% of residents in tract 26163501300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,431.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163501300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 56th, minority 97th, housing 61th.

Is tract 26163501300 considered part of Morningside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163501300 fall within Morningside (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163501300 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.6% 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. 23.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163501300 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163501300 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Detroit at 4.6/10. 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 26163501300 historically redlined?

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