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Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Woodbridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163521900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,778 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 26163521900 belongs to the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It is home to 2,778 residents and scores 6.6/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,287 a month while the average household earns $60,239 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 43% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,289
Renter share72.4%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$60,239

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodbridge
Moderate
Within parent city
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#216 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#258 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#484 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3505, -83.0804 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodbridge scores 5.4

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
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,287 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Woodbridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodbridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 521900Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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.

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 Woodbridge

What moves this score most is 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.

Part of this tract, about 22% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 76th 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.

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 26163521900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163521900?

Census tract 26163521900 in the Woodbridge neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26163521900?

Median gross rent is $1,287/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163521900?

23.8% of residents in tract 26163521900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,778.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163521900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 64th, minority 67th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 26163521900 considered part of Woodbridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163521900 fall within Woodbridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163521900 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.0% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163521900 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163521900 scores 5.4/10, 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 26163521900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 22% 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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