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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

I-94 Industrial Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hamtramck

Tract 26163505800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,436 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 26163505800 belongs to the I-94 Industrial Park area of Hamtramck, Michigan. It is home to 3,436 residents and scores 7.1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,043 a month while the average household earns $32,708 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 14% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units929
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate35.0%
Median income$32,708

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In I-94 Industrial Park
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 274 tracts In Hamtramck
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamtramck and the region

Centroid at 42.4001, -83.0316 · click any tract to drill in

Why I-94 Industrial Park scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hamtramck
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
35.0% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$1,043 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hamtramck
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hamtramck
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hamtramck
6.0

How I-94 Industrial Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
I-94 Industrial Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.46.4This tracttract 505800Hamtramck: 3.73.7Hamtramckparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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 I-94 Industrial Park. 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 I-94 Industrial Park

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.8/10. 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 Hamtramck 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 41% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 25.4% 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 26163505800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163505800?

Census tract 26163505800 in the I-94 Industrial Park neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 26163505800?

Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163505800?

35.0% of residents in tract 26163505800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,436.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163505800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 99th, minority 69th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 26163505800 considered part of I-94 Industrial Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163505800 fall within I-94 Industrial Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163505800 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163505800 compare to Hamtramck overall?

Tract 26163505800 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hamtramck at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hamtramck eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26163505800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 41% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hamtramck

Top eight tracts in Hamtramck ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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