Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Westland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163567201 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,498
Westland anchors census tract 26163567201, which lands at 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,426 monthly, set against $79,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,435
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$79,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westland and the region
Centroid at 42.3508, -83.3418 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westland scores 3.3
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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,426 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westland
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westland
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westland
6.2
How Westland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westland
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% 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 26163567201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163567201?
Census tract 26163567201 in Westland scores 3.3/10 (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 26163567201?
Median gross rent is $1,426/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163567201?
3.9% of residents in tract 26163567201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163567201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 31th, minority 28th, housing 9th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163567201 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163567201 compare to Westland overall?
Tract 26163567201 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westland
Top eight tracts in Westland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MI
26163565301
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
Norwayne
6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
26163567800
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MI
Norwayne
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26163568000
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
Norwayne
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26163565302
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26163568800
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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