Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Dexter-Linwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit
Tract 26163531900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 743 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 26163531900 in the Dexter-Linwood area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 743. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units220
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$36,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3902, -83.1063 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dexter-Linwood scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$714 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Dexter-Linwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 99%Grade C
- 1%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 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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 23.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.8%Food insecurity
- 38.5%SNAP enrollment
- 17.7%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dexter-Linwood
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. SNAP participation runs 38.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $714, 34% below the Detroit average.
Food insecurity runs 35.8% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%, 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 1.4 points. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $36,357.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163531900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163531900?
Census tract 26163531900 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 26163531900?
Median gross rent is $714/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163531900?
30.7% of residents in tract 26163531900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163531900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 3th, minority 90th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 26163531900 considered part of Dexter-Linwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163531900 fall within Dexter-Linwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163531900 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 23.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163531900 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163531900 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 26163531900 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. 1% 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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