Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Crowley Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Inkster

Tract 26163572600 · Wayne County, MI · pop 5,327 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

In Crowley Park in Inkster, census tract 26163572600 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #9,572 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,266 monthly, set against $50,701 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 29% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,994

Renter share44.0%

SVI overall0.53

Poverty rate26.2%

Median income$50,701

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Inkster and the region

Centroid at 42.2752, -83.2801 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crowley Park scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Inkster

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

26.2% poverty · this tract

6.5

Supply constraint

$1,266 rent vs county FMR

4.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Inkster

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Inkster

6.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Inkster

7.4

How Crowley Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

79%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
44%Racial/ethnic minority
19%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
10%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 Crowley Park. 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.

17.5%Housing insecurity
13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
23.0%Food insecurity
22.9%SNAP enrollment
11.9%Transit barriers
8.9%No health insurance
21.6%Frequent mental distress
35.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crowley Park

What moves this score most is housing court bias at 7.4/10. 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 Inkster 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 riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 10% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.3% 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 26163572600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163572600?

Census tract 26163572600 in the Crowley Park neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26163572600?

Median gross rent is $1,266/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163572600?

26.2% of residents in tract 26163572600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,327.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163572600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 48th, minority 44th, housing 19th.

Is tract 26163572600 considered part of Crowley Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163572600 fall within Crowley Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163572600 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163572600 compare to Inkster overall?

Tract 26163572600 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Inkster at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Inkster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163572600 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. 10% 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 Inkster

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