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

Happy Homes Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163537100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,220 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

26163537100 is a census tract in the Happy Homes area of Detroit, MI. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,220. Housing insecurity runs 39.9% against 14.2% nationally.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 22% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units836
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate31.9%
Median income$29,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Happy Homes
Elevated
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#179 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Low
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#102 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3980, -83.1765 · 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
31.9% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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.
Happy Homes risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5371004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Happy Homes

SNAP participation runs 60.3% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Set annual rent against average income of $29,000 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8/10. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.

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.

Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 26163537100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163537100?

Census tract 26163537100 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163537100?

Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163537100?

31.9% of residents in tract 26163537100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,220.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163537100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 86th, minority 97th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 26163537100 considered part of Happy Homes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163537100 fall within Happy Homes (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163537100 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.9% 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. 34.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163537100 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163537100 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 26163537100 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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Top eight tracts in Detroit ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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