Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

East Dearborn Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26163574000 · Wayne County, MI · pop 6,577 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 26163574000 sits in the East Dearborn Downtown area of Dearborn eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 6,577 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 18% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,800

Renter share44.2%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate44.6%

Median income$40,372

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn and the region

Centroid at 42.3256, -83.1772 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Dearborn Downtown scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dearborn

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

44.6% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,153 rent vs county FMR

3.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dearborn

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dearborn

6.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dearborn

8.5

How East Dearborn Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

91%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
9%Racial/ethnic minority
63%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
91%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 East Dearborn Downtown. 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.

20.5%Housing insecurity
17.2%Utility-shutoff threat
31.2%Food insecurity
35.3%SNAP enrollment
16.6%Transit barriers
10.8%No health insurance
26.1%Frequent mental distress
42.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Dearborn Downtown

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Wayne County average of 46.6%.

Set annual rent against average income of $40,372 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 31.2% against 17.8% nationally.

It sits 1.2 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $1,153 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Dearborn commands.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163574000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163574000?

Census tract 26163574000 in the East Dearborn Downtown neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26163574000?

Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163574000?

44.6% of residents in tract 26163574000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,577.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163574000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 77th, minority 9th, housing 63th.

Is tract 26163574000 considered part of East Dearborn Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163574000 fall within East Dearborn Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163574000 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.5% 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. 17.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163574000 compare to Dearborn overall?

Tract 26163574000 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Dearborn at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dearborn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163574000 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

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