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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Boynton Eviction Risk: Moderate , River Rouge

Tract 26163524700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,732 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

26163524700 is a census tract in the Boynton area of Detroit, MI. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 23% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share51.6%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$44,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 10 tracts In Boynton
Moderate
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 274 tracts In River Rouge
Low
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#257 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#494 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across River Rouge and the region

Centroid at 42.2737, -83.1527 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boynton scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from River Rouge
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,026 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from River Rouge
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from River Rouge
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from River Rouge
6.0

How Boynton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Boynton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 5247005.5River Rougeparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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 Boynton. 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 Boynton

Food insecurity runs 37.1% against 17.8% nationally. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Housing insecurity runs 28.3% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%, 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 0.9 points. 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 #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,026, close to the Detroit average.

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 26163524700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163524700?

Census tract 26163524700 in the Boynton neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 26163524700?

Median gross rent is $1,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163524700?

20.4% of residents in tract 26163524700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,732.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163524700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 94th, minority 98th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 26163524700 considered part of Boynton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163524700 fall within Boynton (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163524700 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.3% 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. 22.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163524700 compare to River Rouge overall?

Tract 26163524700 scores 5.5/10, right in line with the parent city of River Rouge at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from River Rouge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26163524700 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. 3% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in River Rouge

Top eight tracts in River Rouge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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