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

Evergreen Lahser 7/8 Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163541000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,253 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163541000 in the Evergreen Lahser 7/8 area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 15% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,641
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate37.4%
Median income$33,726

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Evergreen Lahser 7/8
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 274 tracts In Detroit
High
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#113 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 42.4330, -83.2487 · click any tract to drill in

Why Evergreen Lahser 7/8 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
37.4% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$1,008 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Evergreen Lahser 7/8 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Evergreen Lahser 7/8 risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5410004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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 Evergreen Lahser 7/8. 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 Evergreen Lahser 7/8

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 46.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 42.4% against 17.8% nationally.

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Set annual rent against average income of $33,726 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163541000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163541000?

Census tract 26163541000 in the Evergreen Lahser 7/8 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 26163541000?

Median gross rent is $1,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163541000?

37.4% of residents in tract 26163541000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,253.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163541000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 69th, minority 99th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 26163541000 considered part of Evergreen Lahser 7/8?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163541000 fall within Evergreen Lahser 7/8 (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163541000 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.8% 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. 26.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163541000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163541000 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 26163541000 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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