Within neighborhood
11
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Boynton Eviction Risk: Moderate , River Rouge
Tract 26163524800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,827 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 26163524800 covers the Boynton neighborhood of River Rouge in Michigan. Home to 2,827 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 68% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,298 a month while the average household earns $59,000 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,080
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$59,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across River Rouge and the region
Centroid at 42.2631, -83.1618 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boynton scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,298 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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 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.
- 24.2%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.5%Food insecurity
- 27.4%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boynton
The score leans hardest on 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 River Rouge, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163524800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163524800?
Census tract 26163524800 in the Boynton neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 26163524800?
Median gross rent is $1,298/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163524800?
10.5% of residents in tract 26163524800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163524800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 73th, minority 97th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 26163524800 considered part of Boynton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163524800 fall within Boynton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163524800 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.2% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163524800 compare to River Rouge overall?
Tract 26163524800 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of River Rouge at 3.7/10. 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 26163524800 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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