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Michigan-Martin Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163525800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,953 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 26163525800 belongs to Michigan-Martin in Detroit, Michigan. It is home to 1,953 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 69% of renter households, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $904 monthly, set against $41,969 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 16% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units483
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate33.4%
Median income$41,969

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Michigan-Martin
Very High
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#149 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Moderate
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#144 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#168 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3332, -83.1284 · click any tract to drill in

Why Michigan-Martin scores 6.1

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
33.4% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$904 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Michigan-Martin compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Michigan-Martin risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 525800Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 Michigan-Martin. 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 Michigan-Martin

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Detroit eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 41.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 29.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163525800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163525800?

Census tract 26163525800 in the Michigan-Martin neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 26163525800?

Median gross rent is $904/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163525800?

33.4% of residents in tract 26163525800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,953.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163525800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 99th, minority 89th, housing 96th.
Q5

Is tract 26163525800 considered part of Michigan-Martin?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163525800 fall within Michigan-Martin (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163525800 struggle to pay rent?

About 41.6% 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. 29.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163525800 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163525800 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Detroit at 4.4/10. 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 26163525800 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. 100% 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

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

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