Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Barton-McFarland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163534700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,694 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 26163534700 sits in the Barton-McFarland area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 2,694 residents. Severe burden reaches 53%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 10% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,237

Renter share26.7%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate17.5%

Median income$43,156

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3591, -83.1539 · click any tract to drill in

Why Barton-McFarland scores 5.2

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

17.5% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$1,184 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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 Barton-McFarland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

93%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
33%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
51%Grade B
49%Grade C
0%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 Barton-McFarland. 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.

31.7%Housing insecurity
25.4%Utility-shutoff threat
41.5%Food insecurity
44.2%SNAP enrollment
20.4%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
22.2%Frequent mental distress
41.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Barton-McFarland

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 44.2% against 15.2% nationally.

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.7% against 14.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $43,156, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.

Average gross rent is $1,184, 10% above the Detroit average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163534700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163534700?

Census tract 26163534700 in the Barton-McFarland neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163534700?

Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163534700?

17.5% of residents in tract 26163534700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,694.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163534700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 94th, minority 95th, housing 33th.

Is tract 26163534700 considered part of Barton-McFarland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163534700 fall within Barton-McFarland (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163534700 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.7% 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163534700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163534700 scores 5.2/10, 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.

Was tract 26163534700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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