Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Westland Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163567900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,035

How risky is Westland for landlords? Census tract 26163567900 scores 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $963 a month while the average household earns $83,901 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 3% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units1,256

Renter share6.3%

SVI overall0.15

Poverty rate7.2%

Median income$83,901

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westland and the region

Centroid at 42.3168, -83.3823 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westland scores 3.4

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

7.2% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$963 rent vs county FMR

2.0

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: 15

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

19%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
19%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
1%Grade C
0%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

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.

10.9%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
12.3%Food insecurity
10.1%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
5.7%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
27.6%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 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th 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 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% 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 26163567900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163567900?

Census tract 26163567900 in Westland scores 3.4/10 (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 26163567900?

Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163567900?

7.2% of residents in tract 26163567900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,035.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163567900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 22th, minority 32th, housing 19th.

What share of households in tract 26163567900 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163567900 compare to Westland overall?

Tract 26163567900 scores 3.4/10, 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.

Was tract 26163567900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.