Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Islandview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

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

With a score of 4.7/10, tract 26163516400 in the Islandview area of Detroit, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 893. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

4.7

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 4.7

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

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Housing insecurity runs 21.2% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,200, 12% above the Detroit average. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $50,781.

60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163516400

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

Census tract 26163516400 in the Islandview neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 4.7/10, right in line with 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.

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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