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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Gratiot-Findlay Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

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

The Gratiot-Findlay area of Detroit anchors census tract 26163503900, which lands at 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $855 a month while the average household earns $34,263 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
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.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Gratiot-Findlay
Very High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#111 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#113 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
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 6.2

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.
Gratiot-Findlay risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 503900Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gratiot-Findlay

The heaviest input here 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 92nd 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 36.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 30.7% 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 26163503900

Q1

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

Census tract 26163503900 in the Gratiot-Findlay neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 26163503900?

Median gross rent is $855/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 26163503900 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163503900 scores 6.2/10, 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 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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