Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Westland Eviction Risk: Lower

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

Tract 26163567400, home to 2,609 residents in Westland in Wayne County, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 11% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $514 a month while the average household earns $63,882 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.9

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 3.9

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

What moves this score most 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 below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163567400

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

Census tract 26163567400 in Westland scores 3.9/10 (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 3.9/10, 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westland

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