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

Franklin Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Detroit

Tract 26163546000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,723 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 26163546000 in the Franklin Park area of Detroit, MI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,723. Food insecurity runs 46.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 26% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,137
Renter share42.7%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$29,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Franklin Park
High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#138 of 274 tracts In Detroit
Moderate
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#90 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 42.3541, -83.2261 · click any tract to drill in

Why Franklin Park 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
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Franklin Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Franklin Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 5460004.6Detroitparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg 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: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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 Franklin 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 Franklin Park

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 29.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $29,696, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 39% here against 46.6% across Wayne County.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $913, 15% below the Detroit average.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163546000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163546000?

Census tract 26163546000 in the Franklin Park 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 26163546000?

Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163546000?

25.5% of residents in tract 26163546000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,723.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163546000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 96th, minority 92th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 26163546000 considered part of Franklin Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163546000 fall within Franklin Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163546000 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.2% 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. 29.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163546000 compare to Detroit overall?

Tract 26163546000 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 26163546000 historically redlined?

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