Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Detroit
Tract 26163515400 ·
Wayne County, MI · pop 1,471 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 26163515400 in the Indian Village area of Detroit, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,471. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%Stable renters 23%Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units662
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$97,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Indian Village
Moderate
Within parent city
3th percentile
#267 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very Low
Within county
30th percentile
#437 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Low
Within state
35th percentile
#1,923 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3610, -82.9964 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Village scores 3.3
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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Indian Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
32%Socioeconomic
18%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
64%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
96%Grade C
1%Grade D · redlined
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.
8.9%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
9.6%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
5.8%Transit barriers
4.0%No health insurance
14.4%Frequent mental distress
22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Village
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Average gross rent is $1,275, 19% above the Detroit average.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. 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.
On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $97,500, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163515400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163515400?
Census tract 26163515400 in the Indian Village neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 26163515400?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163515400?
10.2% of residents in tract 26163515400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,471.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163515400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 18th, minority 53th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 26163515400 considered part of Indian Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163515400 fall within Indian Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163515400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163515400 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163515400 scores 3.3/10, lower 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 26163515400 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. 1% 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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