Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Castle Rouge Eviction Risk: Lower , Detroit
Tract 26163554900 ·
Wayne County, MI · pop 3,623 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 26163554900 in the Castle Rouge area of Wayne County, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,623. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%Stable renters 6%Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,314
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$80,968
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
14th percentile
#7 of 8 tracts In Castle Rouge
Very Low
Within county
25th percentile
#471 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Low
Within state
29th percentile
#2,108 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
National
22th percentile
#65,414 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Detroit and the region
Centroid at 42.3815, -83.2948 · click any tract to drill in
Why Castle Rouge scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Detroit
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,745 rent vs county FMR
7.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Detroit
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Detroit
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Detroit
5.0
How Castle Rouge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
44%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
8%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
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 Castle Rouge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
18.3%Housing insecurity
13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
20.1%SNAP enrollment
11.0%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Castle Rouge
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. The voucher gap is 26.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Cost burden runs 55% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. It sits 1.5 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6.
On the high side, supply constraint reads 7.7/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.
That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent runs $1,745 a month. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $80,968.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163554900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163554900?
Census tract 26163554900 in the Castle Rouge neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 26163554900?
Median gross rent is $1,745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163554900?
11.8% of residents in tract 26163554900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,623.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163554900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 40th, minority 75th, housing 8th.
Q5
Is tract 26163554900 considered part of Castle Rouge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163554900 fall within Castle Rouge (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163554900 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163554900 compare to Detroit overall?
Tract 26163554900 scores 3.1/10, lower 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 26163554900 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. 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.