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

Sherwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163506100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,986 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Eviction risk in Sherwood in Detroit centers on tract 26163506100, which scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 1,986 residents. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,057 monthly, set against $24,202 in average yearly household income, roughly 52% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 29% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units702
Renter share46.6%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate41.8%
Median income$24,202

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Sherwood
Moderate
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#20 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 Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4446, -83.0320 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sherwood scores 6.4

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
41.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,057 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Sherwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sherwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.46.4This tracttract 506100Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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.

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 Sherwood

What moves this score most 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.

Part of this tract, about 12% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 53rd 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.

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 26163506100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163506100?

Census tract 26163506100 in the Sherwood 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 26163506100?

Median gross rent is $1,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163506100?

41.8% of residents in tract 26163506100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,986.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163506100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 45th, minority 94th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 26163506100 considered part of Sherwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163506100 fall within Sherwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163506100 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.0% 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 26163506100 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163506100 scores 6.4/10, 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 26163506100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% 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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