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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Palmer Woods Eviction Risk: Lower , Detroit

Tract 26163538100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,205 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 26163538100 in the Palmer Woods area of Detroit, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 10% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units982
Renter share18.4%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$96,724

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Palmer Woods
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#274 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Very Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#455 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Low
Within state
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#2,024 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4413, -83.1269 · click any tract to drill in

Why Palmer Woods scores 3.2

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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,285 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Palmer Woods compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Palmer Woods risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 5381004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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 Palmer Woods. 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 Palmer Woods

30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,285, 20% above the Detroit average.

Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally. 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 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $96,724, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163538100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163538100?

Census tract 26163538100 in the Palmer Woods neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 26163538100?

Median gross rent is $1,285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163538100?

7.6% of residents in tract 26163538100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,205.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163538100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 17th, minority 85th, housing 3th.
Q5

Is tract 26163538100 considered part of Palmer Woods?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163538100 fall within Palmer Woods (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163538100 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163538100 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163538100 scores 3.2/10, lower 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 26163538100 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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