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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Chinatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163520400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,607 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 26163520400 sits in the Chinatown neighborhood of Detroit eviction risk, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,085 monthly, set against $22,266 in average yearly household income, roughly 58% of income at the averages. About 99% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 48% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units889
Renter share98.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate37.7%
Median income$22,266

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Chinatown
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#37 of 274 tracts In Detroit
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3482, -83.0676 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chinatown scores 6.3

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
37.7% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Chinatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chinatown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 520400Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

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.

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 Chinatown. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chinatown

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 26.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.2% 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 26163520400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163520400?

Census tract 26163520400 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163520400?

Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163520400?

37.7% of residents in tract 26163520400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,607.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163520400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 48th, minority 86th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 26163520400 considered part of Chinatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163520400 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163520400 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163520400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163520400 scores 6.3/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163520400 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Detroit ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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