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

Miller Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163543500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 1,061 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 26163543500 sits in the Miller Grove area of Detroit eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 1,061. Set annual rent against average income of $20,547 and the ratio lands at 66%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 19% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units426

Renter share44.8%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate44.6%

Median income$20,547

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Detroit and the region

Centroid at 42.4040, -83.2499 · click any tract to drill in

Why Miller Grove 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

44.6% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,129 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Miller Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

76%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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.

47%Grade A
52%Grade B
0%Grade C
1%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 Miller 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.

43.4%Housing insecurity
41.5%Utility-shutoff threat
58.8%Food insecurity
68.7%SNAP enrollment
32.0%Transit barriers
12.7%No health insurance
27.2%Frequent mental distress
48.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Miller Grove

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Housing insecurity runs 43.4% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 41.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 45%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10.

Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

It sits 1.4 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 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.

Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163543500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163543500?

Census tract 26163543500 in the Miller Grove 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163543500?

Median gross rent is $1,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163543500?

44.6% of residents in tract 26163543500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,061.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163543500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 62th, minority 92th, housing 44th.

Is tract 26163543500 considered part of Miller Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163543500 fall within Miller Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163543500 struggle to pay rent?

About 43.4% 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. 41.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163543500 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163543500 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.

Was tract 26163543500 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. 1% 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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