Westland Eviction Risk: Lower

32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Wayne County average of 46.6%. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10.

SNAP participation runs 22.9% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,167, close to the Westland average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $70,160.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.