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Arden Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Highland Park

Tract 26163511400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,877 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

In the Arden Park neighborhood of Highland Park, census tract 26163511400 scores 6.7/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $850 monthly, set against $35,609 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 39% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units789
Renter share63.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$35,609

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Arden Park
Very High
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#95 of 274 tracts In Highland Park
Elevated
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#110 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 Highland Park and the region

Centroid at 42.3901, -83.0777 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arden Park scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Highland Park
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$850 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Park
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Park
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Park
6.0

How Arden Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arden Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 511400Highland Park: 3.83.8Highland Parkparent 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: 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 Arden 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 Arden Park

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.6/10. 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 Highland Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 63% 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.

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 26163511400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163511400?

Census tract 26163511400 in the Arden Park 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 26163511400?

Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163511400?

34.4% of residents in tract 26163511400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,877.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163511400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 78th, minority 83th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 26163511400 considered part of Arden Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163511400 fall within Arden Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163511400 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.2% 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. 22.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163511400 compare to Highland Park overall?

Tract 26163511400 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Highland Park at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26163511400 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. 63% 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 Highland Park

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

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