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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Claytown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163526400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,404 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 26163526400 covers the Claytown area of Detroit, home to 1,404 residents. For landlords it grades 7.2/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 56% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $966 a month. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 23% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units366
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate42.1%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Claytown
Very High
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 274 tracts In Detroit
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3405, -83.1310 · click any tract to drill in

Why Claytown scores 6.3

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
42.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$966 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Claytown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Claytown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 526400Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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 Claytown. 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 Claytown

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 99% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 33.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.1% 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 26163526400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163526400?

Census tract 26163526400 in the Claytown neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 26163526400?

Median gross rent is $966/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163526400?

42.1% of residents in tract 26163526400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,404.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163526400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 61th, minority 91th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 26163526400 considered part of Claytown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163526400 fall within Claytown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163526400 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.9% 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. 23.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163526400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163526400 scores 6.3/10, 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 26163526400 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. 99% 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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