Within parent city
52
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Livonia Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163558000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 4,537
Tract 26163558000 covers Livonia in Michigan. Home to 4,537 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,357 a month against an average household income of $93,309 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,657
Renter share5.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$93,309
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Livonia and the region
Centroid at 42.3902, -83.3635 · click any tract to drill in
Why Livonia scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Livonia
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,357 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Livonia
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Livonia
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Livonia
4.2
How Livonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Livonia
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.4/10. 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 Livonia 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26163558000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163558000?
Census tract 26163558000 in Livonia scores 2.1/10 (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 26163558000?
Median gross rent is $1,357/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163558000?
3.9% of residents in tract 26163558000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,537.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163558000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 38th, minority 22th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163558000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163558000 compare to Livonia overall?
Tract 26163558000 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Livonia at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Livonia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Livonia
Top eight tracts in Livonia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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26163983400
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26163983301
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163983302
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163556300
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163558301
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163556500
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163556100
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26163556200
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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