Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Happy Homes Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163536700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,047 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 26163536700 covers part of the Happy Homes area of Detroit, MI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,047. 48% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 22% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units438

Renter share48.6%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate29.6%

Median income$38,646

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3988, -83.1644 · click any tract to drill in

Why Happy Homes scores 6

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

29.6% poverty · this tract

7.4

Supply constraint

$1,196 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 Happy Homes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

78%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
35%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
7%Grade B
93%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 Happy Homes. 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.

35.0%Housing insecurity
30.3%Utility-shutoff threat
47.4%Food insecurity
53.3%SNAP enrollment
23.8%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
22.9%Frequent mental distress
46.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Happy Homes

Food insecurity runs 47.4% against 17.8% nationally. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Housing insecurity runs 35.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $38,646 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,196, 11% above the Detroit average. 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163536700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163536700?

Census tract 26163536700 in the Happy Homes neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163536700?

Median gross rent is $1,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163536700?

29.6% of residents in tract 26163536700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,047.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163536700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 10th, minority 99th, housing 35th.

Is tract 26163536700 considered part of Happy Homes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163536700 fall within Happy Homes (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163536700 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. 30.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163536700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163536700 scores 6/10, 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 26163536700 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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