Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

North Corktown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163521500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,133 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

26163521500 is a census tract in the North Corktown area of Detroit, MI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,133 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 25% Owners 34%

Tract context

Occupied units553

Renter share66.0%

SVI overall0.80

Poverty rate53.2%

Median income$30,216

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3369, -83.0764 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Corktown scores 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

53.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$856 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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 North Corktown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

89%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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
5%Grade C
95%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.

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.

32.5%Housing insecurity
28.6%Utility-shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
48.8%SNAP enrollment
22.9%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
24.8%Frequent mental distress
41.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Corktown

Food insecurity runs 43.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 48.8% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 53%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 62% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $30,216, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Average gross rent is $856, 20% below the Detroit average. 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163521500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163521500?

Census tract 26163521500 in the North Corktown neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163521500?

Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163521500?

53.2% of residents in tract 26163521500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,133.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163521500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 47th, minority 80th, housing 63th.

Is tract 26163521500 considered part of North Corktown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163521500 fall within North Corktown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163521500 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.5% 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. 28.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163521500 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163521500 scores 6/10, 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.

Was tract 26163521500 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. 95% 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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