Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Lafayette Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163517100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,180 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 26163517100 in the Lafayette Park area of Detroit ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,180 residents. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,387 a month against an average household income of $56,016 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 31% Owners 47%

Tract context

Occupied units949

Renter share53.0%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate20.2%

Median income$56,016

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3358, -83.0330 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lafayette Park scores 5.2

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

20.2% poverty · this tract

5.1

Supply constraint

$1,387 rent vs county FMR

5.1

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: 45

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

59%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
46%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.

12.5%Housing insecurity
9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
14.2%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
8.0%Transit barriers
4.5%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lafayette Park

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 100% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 26163517100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163517100?

Census tract 26163517100 in the Lafayette Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 26163517100?

Median gross rent is $1,387/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163517100?

20.2% of residents in tract 26163517100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,180.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163517100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 8th, minority 80th, housing 46th.

Is tract 26163517100 considered part of Lafayette Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163517100 fall within Lafayette Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163517100 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163517100 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163517100 scores 5.2/10, 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 26163517100 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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