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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Norwayne Eviction Risk: Moderate , Westland

Tract 26163568700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,877 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 26163568700 belongs to the Norwayne area of Westland, Michigan. It is home to 3,877 residents and scores 6.9/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #5,819 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,035 monthly, set against $56,066 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 9% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,312
Renter share19.4%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$56,066

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 10 tracts In Norwayne
High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 24 tracts In Westland
High
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#271 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#526 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westland and the region

Centroid at 42.2982, -83.3455 · click any tract to drill in

Why Norwayne scores 5.3

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
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,035 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Norwayne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Norwayne risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 568700Westland: 3.13.1Westlandparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Within Norwayne. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Norwayne

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 above 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 White and Black and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.1% 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 26163568700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163568700?

Census tract 26163568700 in the Norwayne neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 26163568700?

Median gross rent is $1,035/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163568700?

25.8% of residents in tract 26163568700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,877.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163568700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 51th, minority 64th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 26163568700 considered part of Norwayne?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163568700 fall within Norwayne (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163568700 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163568700 compare to Westland overall?

Tract 26163568700 scores 5.3/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163568700 historically redlined?

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

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