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Piety Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163532400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,286 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Elevated-tier score of 7.2/10 for census tract 26163532400 reflects conditions in the Piety Hill area of Detroit, Michigan. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $873 a month while the average household earns $28,523 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 24% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units585
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate53.4%
Median income$28,523

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Piety Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#85 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3785, -83.0841 · click any tract to drill in

Why Piety Hill scores 6.2

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
53.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Piety Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Piety Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 532400Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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.

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 Piety Hill

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 34.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 32.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 81st 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.

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 26163532400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163532400?

Census tract 26163532400 in the Piety Hill neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 26163532400?

Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163532400?

53.4% of residents in tract 26163532400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,286.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163532400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 74th, minority 87th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 26163532400 considered part of Piety Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163532400 fall within Piety Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163532400 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.6% 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. 32.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163532400 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163532400 scores 6.2/10, 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 26163532400 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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