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Far West Detroit Eviction Risk: Lower , Dearborn Heights

Tract 26163572100 · Wayne County, MI · pop 6,514 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 3.9/10, tract 26163572100 in the Far West Detroit area of Dearborn Heights, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,514. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 4% Owners 87%

Tract context

Occupied units2,080

Renter share13.6%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate15.2%

Median income$70,330

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn Heights and the region

Centroid at 42.3340, -83.2826 · click any tract to drill in

Why Far West Detroit scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

15.2% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$1,339 rent vs county FMR

4.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

6.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dearborn Heights

7.4

How Far West Detroit compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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

83%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
2%Racial/ethnic minority
34%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
17%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

Within Far West Detroit. 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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
18.4%Food insecurity
18.4%SNAP enrollment
10.0%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
21.1%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Far West Detroit

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 46.6% across Wayne County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.2/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Detroit. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,339, close to the Dearborn Heights average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $70,330.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26163572100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163572100?

Census tract 26163572100 in the Far West Detroit neighborhood 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 26163572100?

Median gross rent is $1,339/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163572100?

15.2% of residents in tract 26163572100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,514.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163572100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 89th, minority 2th, housing 34th.

Is tract 26163572100 considered part of Far West Detroit?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163572100 fall within Far West Detroit (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163572100 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163572100 compare to Dearborn Heights overall?

Tract 26163572100 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Dearborn Heights at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dearborn Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163572100 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 Dearborn Heights

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