Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163539000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,838 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26163539000 sits in the Oak Grove area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 2,838 residents. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 6% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,122

Renter share34.8%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate14.2%

Median income$40,980

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4423, -83.1516 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Grove scores 4.9

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

14.2% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,318 rent vs county FMR

4.6

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 Oak Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

87%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
42%Grade C
57%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 Oak Grove. 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.

29.1%Housing insecurity
23.3%Utility-shutoff threat
36.4%Food insecurity
38.3%SNAP enrollment
18.2%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
38.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oak Grove

82% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Wayne County average of 46.6%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. SNAP participation runs 38.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $40,980 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 36.4% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Average gross rent is $1,318, 23% above the Detroit average. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163539000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163539000?

Census tract 26163539000 in the Oak Grove neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 26163539000?

Median gross rent is $1,318/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163539000?

14.2% of residents in tract 26163539000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,838.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163539000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 43th.

Is tract 26163539000 considered part of Oak Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163539000 fall within Oak Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163539000 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.1% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163539000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163539000 scores 4.9/10, 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 26163539000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 57% 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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