Within neighborhood
89
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Boynton Eviction Risk: Moderate , River Rouge
Tract 26163579300 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,395 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 26163579300 runs through Boynton in River Rouge. With 2,395 residents, it scores 7.8/10 for landlords. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $744 a month against an average household income of $29,331 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,017
Renter share42.3%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate42.5%
Median income$29,331
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across River Rouge and the region
Centroid at 42.2696, -83.1437 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boynton scores 5.9
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
42.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$744 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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
- 74%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.
- 40.0%Housing insecurity
- 35.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 55.6%Food insecurity
- 63.3%SNAP enrollment
- 28.0%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 24.8%Frequent mental distress
- 49.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boynton
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from River Rouge, 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 Black and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 74% 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.
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 26163579300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163579300?
Census tract 26163579300 in the Boynton neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163579300?
Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163579300?
42.5% of residents in tract 26163579300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,395.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163579300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 86th, minority 100th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 26163579300 considered part of Boynton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163579300 fall within Boynton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26163579300 struggle to pay rent?
About 40.0% 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. 35.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26163579300 compare to River Rouge overall?
Tract 26163579300 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of River Rouge at 3.7/10. 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 26163579300 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. 74% 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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