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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Virginia Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163532700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 437 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 26163532700 sits in the Virginia eviction laws Park area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 437. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 19% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units196
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$42,778

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Virginia Park
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#207 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#252 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#494 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3752, -83.0928 · click any tract to drill in

Why Virginia Park scores 5.5

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
27.8% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,078 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Virginia Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Virginia Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 5327004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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 Virginia Park. 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 Virginia Park

SNAP participation runs 39.1% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163532700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163532700?

Census tract 26163532700 in the Virginia Park neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 26163532700?

Median gross rent is $1,078/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163532700?

27.8% of residents in tract 26163532700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 437.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163532700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 23th, minority 93th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 26163532700 considered part of Virginia Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163532700 fall within Virginia Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163532700 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.0% 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 26163532700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163532700 scores 5.5/10, 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 26163532700 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. 77% 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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