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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Henry Ford Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163533900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,561 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 26163533900 in the Henry Ford area of Detroit, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,561 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 36% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,810
Renter share74.2%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$55,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Henry Ford
Moderate
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#208 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#264 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3685, -83.0774 · click any tract to drill in

Why Henry Ford scores 5.4

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
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$980 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Henry Ford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Henry Ford risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 5339004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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 Henry Ford. 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 Henry Ford

74% 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. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Wayne County average of 46.6%. It sits 0.8 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. At $980 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Detroit commands.

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 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $55,656.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163533900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163533900?

Census tract 26163533900 in the Henry Ford neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26163533900?

Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163533900?

23.0% of residents in tract 26163533900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,561.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163533900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 18th, minority 81th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 26163533900 considered part of Henry Ford?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163533900 fall within Henry Ford (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163533900 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.0% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163533900 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163533900 scores 5.4/10, 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 26163533900 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. 15% 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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