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

Krainz Woods Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163506500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,848 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163506500 in the Krainz Woods area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,848. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 13% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units702
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$38,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Krainz Woods
Moderate
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#24 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#146 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4299, -83.0460 · click any tract to drill in

Why Krainz Woods 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
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$985 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Krainz Woods compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Krainz Woods risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5065004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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 Krainz Woods

71% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Wayne County average of 46.6%. SNAP participation runs 55.9% against 15.2% nationally.

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 31.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $985, 8% below the Detroit average.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 7.8/10.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163506500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163506500?

Census tract 26163506500 in the Krainz Woods 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163506500?

Median gross rent is $985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163506500?

28.2% of residents in tract 26163506500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,848.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163506500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 55th, minority 92th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 26163506500 considered part of Krainz Woods?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163506500 fall within Krainz Woods (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163506500 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.5% 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. 31.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163506500 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163506500 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163506500 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. 26% 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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