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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

O'Hair Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163540700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,258 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 26163540700, home to 3,258 residents in the O'Hair Park area of Detroit, scores 7.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,288 monthly, set against $41,979 in average yearly household income, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 19% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,095
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate40.1%
Median income$41,979

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In O'Hair Park
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#88 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4334, -83.2292 · click any tract to drill in

Why O'Hair Park scores 6.2

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
40.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,288 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 O'Hair Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
O'Hair Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 540700Detroit: 4.44.4Detroitparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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 O'Hair Park. 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 O'Hair Park

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Detroit eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163540700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163540700?

Census tract 26163540700 in the O'Hair Park neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 26163540700?

Median gross rent is $1,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163540700?

40.1% of residents in tract 26163540700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,258.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163540700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 92th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 26163540700 considered part of O'Hair Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163540700 fall within O'Hair Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163540700 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.9% 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. 31.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163540700 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163540700 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Detroit at 4.4/10. 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 26163540700 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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