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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

East English Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163501400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,305 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In the East English Village neighborhood of Detroit, census tract 26163501400 scores 6.4/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,495 a month while the average household earns $71,250 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 13% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,169
Renter share22.2%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$71,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In East English Village
Elevated
Within parent city
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#247 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#312 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Moderate
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#718 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4092, -82.9385 · click any tract to drill in

Why East English Village scores 4.8

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
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,495 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 East English Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East English Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 501400Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

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.

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 East English Village. 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 East English Village

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 24.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.1% 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 26163501400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163501400?

Census tract 26163501400 in the East English Village neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163501400?

Median gross rent is $1,495/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163501400?

17.6% of residents in tract 26163501400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,305.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163501400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 29th, minority 86th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 26163501400 considered part of East English Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163501400 fall within East English Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163501400 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.2% 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. 18.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163501400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163501400 scores 4.8/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163501400 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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