Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Harmony Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit
Tract 26163537000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,146 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 26163537000 in the Harmony Village area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,146. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,054
Renter share27.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$44,394
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.4057, -83.1771 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harmony Village scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Harmony Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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 Harmony Village. 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
- 24.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.6%Food insecurity
- 42.0%SNAP enrollment
- 20.2%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 22.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harmony Village
70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Wayne County average of 46.6%. SNAP participation runs 42.0% against 15.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Food insecurity runs 40.6% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $961, 11% below the Detroit average.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163537000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163537000?
Census tract 26163537000 in the Harmony Village 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163537000?
Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163537000?
25.7% of residents in tract 26163537000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,146.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163537000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 90th, minority 98th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 26163537000 considered part of Harmony Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163537000 fall within Harmony Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163537000 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. 24.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163537000 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163537000 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.
Q8
Was tract 26163537000 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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