Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Rivertown Eviction Risk: Lower , Detroit

Tract 26163516500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,095 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 26163516500 covers part of the Rivertown area of Detroit, MI, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $1,689, 57% above the Detroit average.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 50% Owners 21%

Tract context

Occupied units1,535

Renter share79.1%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate7.3%

Median income$93,911

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3374, -83.0153 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rivertown scores 3.2

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

7.3% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,689 rent vs county FMR

7.3

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 Rivertown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

45%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
79%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
0%Grade C
97%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rivertown. 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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
23.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rivertown

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. The voucher gap is 22.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

It sits 1.4 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

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. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

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 26163516500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163516500?

Census tract 26163516500 in the Rivertown neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163516500?

Median gross rent is $1,689/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163516500?

7.3% of residents in tract 26163516500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,095.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163516500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 8th, minority 76th, housing 79th.

Is tract 26163516500 considered part of Rivertown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163516500 fall within Rivertown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163516500 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163516500 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163516500 scores 3.2/10, 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.

Was tract 26163516500 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. 97% 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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