Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Virginia Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163533100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,595 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.9/10, tract 26163533100 in the Virginia Park area of Detroit, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,595 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 26% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units607
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$37,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Virginia Park
Very High
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#187 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#355 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3719, -83.1019 · click any tract to drill in

Why Virginia Park scores 5.9

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
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$760 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 Virginia Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Virginia Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.9This tracttract 5331004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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 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

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

At $760 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Detroit commands. Disability prevalence runs 47.6% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. 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.

Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163533100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163533100?

Census tract 26163533100 in the Virginia Park neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 26163533100?

Median gross rent is $760/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163533100?

24.9% of residents in tract 26163533100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,595.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163533100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 93th, minority 95th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 26163533100 considered part of Virginia Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163533100 fall within Virginia Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163533100 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.0% 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. 30.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163533100 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163533100 scores 5.9/10, 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 26163533100 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. 4% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Detroit

Top eight tracts in Detroit ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related