Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Westland Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163567400 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,609

Tract 26163567400 sits in Westland eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. It is home to 2,609 residents. Against Wayne County at 46.6%, 11% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 15% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units1,259

Renter share16.8%

SVI overall0.30

Poverty rate8.1%

Median income$63,882

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westland and the region

Centroid at 42.3453, -83.3769 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westland scores 3.3

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

8.1% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$514 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 30

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

29%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
10.3%SNAP enrollment
6.4%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westland

At $514 a month, rents run 56% under what the rest of Westland commands. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Against the Wayne County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $63,882, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163567400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163567400?

Census tract 26163567400 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26163567400?

Median gross rent is $514/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163567400?

8.1% of residents in tract 26163567400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,609.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163567400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 57th, minority 19th, housing 31th.

What share of households in tract 26163567400 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163567400 compare to Westland overall?

Tract 26163567400 scores 3.3/10, lower 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westland

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