Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Morley Area Residents Association Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dearborn

Tract 26163579900 · Wayne County, MI · pop 5,850 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 26163579900 sits in the Morley Area Residents Association area of Dearborn eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 17% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units2,541

Renter share38.2%

SVI overall0.44

Poverty rate17.4%

Median income$81,528

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dearborn and the region

Centroid at 42.3202, -83.2374 · click any tract to drill in

Why Morley Area Residents Association scores 4

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

17.4% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$1,215 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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 Morley Area Residents Association compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

59%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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.

4%Grade A
15%Grade B
0%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 Morley Area Residents Association. 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.

9.9%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
12.6%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Morley Area Residents Association

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10.

Cost burden runs 56% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. At $1,215 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Dearborn commands.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $81,528, annual rent is just 18%.

It tracks the Wayne County average of 4.6 closely. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163579900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163579900?

Census tract 26163579900 in the Morley Area Residents Association neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 26163579900?

Median gross rent is $1,215/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163579900?

17.4% of residents in tract 26163579900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,850.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163579900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 45th, minority 28th, housing 31th.

Is tract 26163579900 considered part of Morley Area Residents Association?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163579900 fall within Morley Area Residents Association (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163579900 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.9% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163579900 compare to Dearborn overall?

Tract 26163579900 scores 4/10, lower 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 26163579900 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.