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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Chinatown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163520700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,879 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 26163520700 covers part of the Chinatown area of Detroit, MI, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,879. At $1,627 a month, rents run 51% over what the rest of Detroit commands.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 49% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units2,431
Renter share98.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate23.9%
Median income$54,482

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Chinatown
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#251 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#494 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3347, -83.0555 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chinatown scores 5.5

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
23.9% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,627 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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 / state5.5This tracttract 5207004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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 score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. 98% 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.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $54,482, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

The voucher gap is 18.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. 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 #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163520700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163520700?

Census tract 26163520700 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163520700?

Median gross rent is $1,627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163520700?

23.9% of residents in tract 26163520700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,879.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163520700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 4th, minority 71th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 26163520700 considered part of Chinatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163520700 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163520700 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.3% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163520700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163520700 scores 5.5/10, higher 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163520700 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. 50% 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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