Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Charles Eviction Risk: Moderate , Detroit
Tract 26163552300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,438 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26163552300 (the Buffalo Charles neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $942 a month while the average household earns $47,120 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,332
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate33.1%
Median income$47,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3981, -83.0542 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo Charles scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Detroit
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
33.1% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$942 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Detroit
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Detroit
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Detroit
7.4
How Buffalo Charles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 25%Grade C
- 75%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 Buffalo Charles. 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.
- 18.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.0%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo Charles
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 above the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 75% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163552300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163552300?
Census tract 26163552300 in the Buffalo Charles neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163552300?
Median gross rent is $942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163552300?
33.1% of residents in tract 26163552300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,438.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163552300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 72th, minority 68th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 26163552300 considered part of Buffalo Charles?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163552300 fall within Buffalo Charles (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163552300 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.4% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163552300 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163552300 scores 5.7/10, higher 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 26163552300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 75% 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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