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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Norwayne Eviction Risk: Moderate , Westland

Tract 26163566500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,593 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

26163566500 is a census tract in the Norwayne area of Wayne, MI. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,593. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 25% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,190
Renter share59.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$40,801

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 10 tracts In Norwayne
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Westland
Very High
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#231 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#431 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westland and the region

Centroid at 42.2830, -83.3885 · click any tract to drill in

Why Norwayne scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westland
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$890 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westland
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westland
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westland
6.8

How Norwayne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Norwayne risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 5665004.2Westlandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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 Norwayne. 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 Norwayne

Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 30.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $890 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Wayne commands. 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.

Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163566500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163566500?

Census tract 26163566500 in the Norwayne 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 26163566500?

Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163566500?

27.6% of residents in tract 26163566500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,593.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163566500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 95th, minority 54th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 26163566500 considered part of Norwayne?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163566500 fall within Norwayne (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163566500 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163566500 compare to Westland overall?

Tract 26163566500 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Westland at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26163566500 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.
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Top eight tracts in Westland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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