Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Islandview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163516400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 893 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 26163516400 covers the Islandview area of Detroit, home to 893 residents. For landlords it grades 6.5/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.

62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,200 monthly, set against $50,781 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 23% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units411

Renter share60.1%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate14.4%

Median income$50,781

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3509, -83.0096 · click any tract to drill in

Why Islandview scores 4.9

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

14.4% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,200 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 Islandview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

65%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
86%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
7%Grade C
93%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.

21.2%Housing insecurity
15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
26.2%Food insecurity
25.9%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
19.8%Frequent mental distress
31.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Islandview

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 93% 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 74th 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 26163516400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163516400?

Census tract 26163516400 in the Islandview neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163516400?

Median gross rent is $1,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163516400?

14.4% of residents in tract 26163516400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 893.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163516400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 36th, minority 84th, housing 86th.

Is tract 26163516400 considered part of Islandview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163516400 fall within Islandview (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163516400 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163516400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163516400 scores 4.9/10, 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.

Was tract 26163516400 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. 93% 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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