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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Arden Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Highland Park

Tract 26163553800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 883 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

26163553800 is a census tract in the Arden Park area of Highland Park, MI. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 883. 72% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 10% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units334
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate40.6%
Median income$20,385

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Arden Park
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Highland Park
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Highland Park and the region

Centroid at 42.3965, -83.0966 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arden Park scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Highland Park
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
40.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Park
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Park
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Park
9.3

How Arden Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arden Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.6This tracttract 5538006.2Highland Parkparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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 Arden 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 Arden Park

Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.0 points. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

SNAP participation runs 50.7% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. Housing insecurity runs 32.9% against 14.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

38% 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 26163553800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163553800?

Census tract 26163553800 in the Arden Park neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26163553800?

40.6% of residents in tract 26163553800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 883.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163553800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 71th, minority 94th, housing 81th.
Q4

Is tract 26163553800 considered part of Arden Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163553800 fall within Arden Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 26163553800 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.9% 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. 29.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 26163553800 compare to Highland Park overall?

Tract 26163553800 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Highland Park at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 26163553800 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Highland Park

Top eight tracts in Highland Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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