Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Gratiot-Findlay Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163503900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,098 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163503900 in the Gratiot-Findlay area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,098. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 31% Owners 47%

Tract context

Occupied units611

Renter share52.7%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate42.1%

Median income$34,263

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4135, -82.9873 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gratiot-Findlay scores 6

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

42.1% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$855 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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 Gratiot-Findlay compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

88%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
72%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 Gratiot-Findlay. 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.

36.6%Housing insecurity
30.7%Utility-shutoff threat
48.7%Food insecurity
53.7%SNAP enrollment
24.6%Transit barriers
12.1%No health insurance
24.5%Frequent mental distress
44.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gratiot-Findlay

Food insecurity runs 48.7% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Average gross rent is $855, 20% below the Detroit average. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. 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.

That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163503900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163503900?

Census tract 26163503900 in the Gratiot-Findlay neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 26163503900?

Median gross rent is $855/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163503900?

42.1% of residents in tract 26163503900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,098.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163503900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 92th, minority 94th, housing 72th.

Is tract 26163503900 considered part of Gratiot-Findlay?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163503900 fall within Gratiot-Findlay (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163503900 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.6% 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. 30.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163503900 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163503900 scores 6/10, 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 26163503900 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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