Within neighborhood
78
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Boynton Eviction Risk: Elevated , River Rouge
Tract 26163579200 · Wayne County, MI · pop 3,496 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 26163579200 sits in the Boynton area of River Rouge, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. It is home to 3,496 residents. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,384
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate37.4%
Median income$38,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across River Rouge and the region
Centroid at 42.2672, -83.1345 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boynton scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from River Rouge
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
37.4% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$752 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from River Rouge
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from River Rouge
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from River Rouge
9.5
How Boynton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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
- 67%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 Boynton. 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.
- 29.7%Housing insecurity
- 24.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.9%Food insecurity
- 44.3%SNAP enrollment
- 20.4%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 24.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boynton
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Food insecurity runs 40.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. It sits 2.3 points above the Wayne County average of 4.6.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Cost burden runs 59% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Housing insecurity runs 29.7% against 14.2% nationally.
At $752 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of River Rouge 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.
Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163579200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163579200?
Census tract 26163579200 in the Boynton neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 26163579200?
Median gross rent is $752/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163579200?
37.4% of residents in tract 26163579200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,496.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163579200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 70th, minority 69th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 26163579200 considered part of Boynton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163579200 fall within Boynton (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163579200 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.7% 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. 24.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163579200 compare to River Rouge overall?
Tract 26163579200 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of River Rouge at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from River Rouge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26163579200 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 River Rouge
Top eight tracts in River Rouge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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