Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Bethune Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit
Tract 26163537500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,921 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 26163537500 in the Bethune area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,921. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,194
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$33,348
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very 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 42.4054, -83.1918 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bethune 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
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,302 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Bethune compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 99%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 Bethune. 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.
- 31.9%Housing insecurity
- 26.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.5%Food insecurity
- 45.2%SNAP enrollment
- 20.8%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 40.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bethune
Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 82% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 45.2% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Annualized rent equals 47% of average household income of $33,348, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Housing insecurity runs 31.9% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.
Average gross rent is $1,302, 21% above the Detroit average. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.7/10.
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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163537500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163537500?
Census tract 26163537500 in the Bethune 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 26163537500?
Median gross rent is $1,302/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163537500?
30.7% of residents in tract 26163537500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,921.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163537500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 77th, minority 95th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 26163537500 considered part of Bethune?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163537500 fall within Bethune (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163537500 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.9% 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. 26.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163537500 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163537500 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 26163537500 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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