Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Lafayette Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163517000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,896 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

26163517000 is a census tract in the Lafayette Park area of Detroit, MI. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,896 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 51% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units2,100

Renter share78.4%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate16.1%

Median income$61,970

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3409, -83.0361 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lafayette Park scores 4.6

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

16.1% poverty · this tract

4.0

Supply constraint

$1,240 rent vs county FMR

4.0

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 Lafayette Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

31%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
100%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 Lafayette 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.

12.3%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
14.5%Food insecurity
12.7%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lafayette Park

Cost burden runs 35% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. 78% 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.

The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

At $1,240 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Detroit commands. 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. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $61,970.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163517000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163517000?

Census tract 26163517000 in the Lafayette Park neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 26163517000?

Median gross rent is $1,240/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163517000?

16.1% of residents in tract 26163517000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,896.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163517000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 3th, minority 72th, housing 57th.

Is tract 26163517000 considered part of Lafayette Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163517000 fall within Lafayette Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163517000 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.3% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163517000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163517000 scores 4.6/10, 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 26163517000 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. 100% 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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