Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Jefferson Chalmers Eviction Risk: Lower , Detroit
Tract 26163550100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,918 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.9/10 for census tract 26163550100 reflects conditions in Jefferson Chalmers in Detroit, Michigan. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,378 a month against an average household income of $122,095 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,647
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$122,095
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3682, -82.9238 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jefferson Chalmers scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Detroit
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,378 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Detroit
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Detroit
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Detroit
4.1
How Jefferson Chalmers compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 85%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 3%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 Jefferson Chalmers. 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jefferson Chalmers
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163550100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163550100?
Census tract 26163550100 in the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood scores 2/10 (Lower 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 26163550100?
Median gross rent is $1,378/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163550100?
10.0% of residents in tract 26163550100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,918.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163550100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 13th, minority 22th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 26163550100 considered part of Jefferson Chalmers?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163550100 fall within Jefferson Chalmers (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163550100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163550100 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163550100 scores 2/10, lower 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 26163550100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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