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Dexter-Linwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163531502 · Wayne County, MI · pop 823 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163531502 in the Dexter-Linwood area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 823. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 36% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units343
Renter share71.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate41.8%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Dexter-Linwood
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#81 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#56 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3890, -83.1227 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dexter-Linwood scores 6

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
41.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,142 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Dexter-Linwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dexter-Linwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5315024.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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 Dexter-Linwood. 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 Dexter-Linwood

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 49.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 34.7% against 14.2% nationally.

72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

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. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing 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 26163531502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163531502?

Census tract 26163531502 in the Dexter-Linwood neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 26163531502?

Median gross rent is $1,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163531502?

41.8% of residents in tract 26163531502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 823.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163531502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 73th, minority 100th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 26163531502 considered part of Dexter-Linwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163531502 fall within Dexter-Linwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163531502 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.7% 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 26163531502 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163531502 scores 6/10, 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 26163531502 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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