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

Springwells Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163524101 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,484 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163524101 in the Springwells area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 15% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,419
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate43.3%
Median income$34,692

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Springwells
High
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#150 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Moderate
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#179 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3114, -83.1373 · click any tract to drill in

Why Springwells 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
43.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Springwells compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Springwells risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5241014.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Springwells. 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 Springwells

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 43%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 30.5% against 11.3% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. At $862 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Detroit commands.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.

Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163524101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163524101?

Census tract 26163524101 in the Springwells 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 26163524101?

Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163524101?

43.3% of residents in tract 26163524101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,484.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163524101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 99th, minority 87th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 26163524101 considered part of Springwells?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163524101 fall within Springwells (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163524101 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.9% 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. 27.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163524101 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163524101 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 26163524101 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. 0% 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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