Within neighborhood
44
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Norwayne Eviction Risk: Moderate , Westland
Tract 26163566900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 5,354 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 26163566900 runs through the Norwayne area of Westland. With 5,354 residents, it scores 6.6/10 for landlords. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $770 a month while the average household earns $53,542 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,018
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$53,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westland and the region
Centroid at 42.2753, -83.3554 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwayne scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$770 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 99%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 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.
- 18.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.2%Food insecurity
- 22.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwayne
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Westland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% 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 26163566900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163566900?
Census tract 26163566900 in the Norwayne neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 26163566900?
Median gross rent is $770/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163566900?
16.4% of residents in tract 26163566900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,354.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163566900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 88th, minority 58th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 26163566900 considered part of Norwayne?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163566900 fall within Norwayne (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163566900 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.1% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163566900 compare to Westland overall?
Tract 26163566900 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Westland at 3.1/10. 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 26163566900 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. 99% 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 Westland
Top eight tracts in Westland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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