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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Southwestern Outer Drive Eviction Risk: Lower , Dearborn

Tract 26163575300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,707 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Eviction risk in Southwestern Outer Drive in Dearborn centers on tract 26163575300, which scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,707 residents. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,625 a month while the average household earns $77,895 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 12% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,560
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$77,895

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Southwestern Outer Drive
Very Low
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 31 tracts In Dearborn
Very Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#454 of 625 tracts In Wayne County
Low
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#1,421 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn and the region

Centroid at 42.2865, -83.2611 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southwestern Outer Drive scores 3.6

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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,625 rent vs county FMR
6.8
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 Southwestern Outer Drive compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southwestern Outer Drive risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 575300Dearborn: 3.43.4Dearbornparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

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.

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 Southwestern Outer Drive. 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 Southwestern Outer Drive

What moves this score most 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 below the Wayne County average of 6.4 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 26163575300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163575300?

Census tract 26163575300 in the Southwestern Outer Drive neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 26163575300?

Median gross rent is $1,625/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163575300?

7.5% of residents in tract 26163575300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,707.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163575300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 79th, minority 28th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 26163575300 considered part of Southwestern Outer Drive?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163575300 fall within Southwestern Outer Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26163575300 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26163575300 compare to Dearborn overall?

Tract 26163575300 scores 3.6/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 26163575300 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.

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