Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit
Tract 26163522500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,733 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
26163522500 is a census tract in the Chinatown area of Detroit, MI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,733 residents. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 63%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units854
Renter share98.6%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate56.0%
Median income$14,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3411, -83.0607 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
56.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$688 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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
- 98%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 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.
- 36.3%Housing insecurity
- 35.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 52.5%Food insecurity
- 62.3%SNAP enrollment
- 27.3%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 49.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chinatown
Set annual rent against average income of $14,924 and the ratio lands at 55%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Cost burden runs 64% here against 46.6% across Wayne County.
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 35.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The poverty rate is 56%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.
Housing insecurity runs 36.3% against 14.2% nationally. At $688 a month, rents run 36% under what the rest of Detroit commands.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163522500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163522500?
Census tract 26163522500 in the Chinatown 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163522500?
Median gross rent is $688/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163522500?
56.0% of residents in tract 26163522500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163522500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 50th, minority 84th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 26163522500 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163522500 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163522500 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.3% 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. 35.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163522500 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163522500 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.
Q8
Was tract 26163522500 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. 98% 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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