Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Westwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit

Tract 26163543300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,871 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 26163543300 in the Westwood Park area of Detroit, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,871 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 15% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,181

Renter share26.1%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate17.2%

Median income$63,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.3854, -83.2259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood Park scores 4.6

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

17.2% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$1,372 rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 Westwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

56%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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.

0%Grade A
54%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 Westwood 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.

27.4%Housing insecurity
21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
34.2%Food insecurity
35.6%SNAP enrollment
16.7%Transit barriers
8.2%No health insurance
20.8%Frequent mental distress
36.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood Park

The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,372 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of Detroit commands.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.4% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened.

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. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $63,125. 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163543300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163543300?

Census tract 26163543300 in the Westwood Park neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 26163543300?

Median gross rent is $1,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163543300?

17.2% of residents in tract 26163543300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,871.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163543300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 97th, minority 96th, housing 31th.

Is tract 26163543300 considered part of Westwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163543300 fall within Westwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163543300 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.4% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163543300 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163543300 scores 4.6/10, right in line with 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 26163543300 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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