Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Dearborn Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163574700 · Wayne County, MI · pop 5,333 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26163574700 (Dearborn Hills in Dearborn, Michigan) comes in at 6.9/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 56% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,120 monthly, set against $97,530 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 3% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units1,859

Renter share8.7%

SVI overall0.27

Poverty rate15.1%

Median income$97,530

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn and the region

Centroid at 42.3196, -83.2794 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dearborn Hills scores 3.7

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

15.1% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$1,120 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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 Dearborn Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

25%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
9%Racial/ethnic minority
41%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
99%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

Within Dearborn Hills. 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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
5.2%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
26.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dearborn Hills

The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 8.5/10. 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 Dearborn 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% 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 26163574700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163574700?

Census tract 26163574700 in the Dearborn Hills neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 26163574700?

Median gross rent is $1,120/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163574700?

15.1% of residents in tract 26163574700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,333.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163574700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 45th, minority 9th, housing 41th.

Is tract 26163574700 considered part of Dearborn Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163574700 fall within Dearborn Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163574700 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163574700 compare to Dearborn overall?

Tract 26163574700 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Dearborn at 3.4/10. 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 26163574700 historically redlined?

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