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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Springwells Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163524200 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,660 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26163524200 sits in the Springwells area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 4,660 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 15% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,413
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$47,489

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Springwells
Moderate
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#188 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#224 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#389 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3070, -83.1291 · click any tract to drill in

Why Springwells scores 5.8

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
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 / state5.8This tracttract 5242004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.8% against 14.2% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.8% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 46.6% across Wayne County.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163524200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163524200?

Census tract 26163524200 in the Springwells neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26163524200?

Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163524200?

24.2% of residents in tract 26163524200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,660.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163524200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 96th, minority 83th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 26163524200 considered part of Springwells?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163524200 fall within Springwells (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163524200 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.8% 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. 16.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163524200 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163524200 scores 5.8/10, 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 26163524200 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. 21% 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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