Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Wyandotte Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163580500 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,818 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 26163580500 belongs to Downtown Wyandotte in Wyandotte, Michigan. It is home to 2,818 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

8% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,339 a month while the average household earns $85,469 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 6% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units1,269

Renter share6.1%

SVI overall0.07

Poverty rate9.7%

Median income$85,469

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wyandotte and the region

Centroid at 42.2066, -83.1757 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Wyandotte scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wyandotte

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

9.7% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$1,339 rent vs county FMR

4.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wyandotte

4.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wyandotte

5.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wyandotte

5.6

How Downtown Wyandotte compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

13%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
4%Racial/ethnic minority
15%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
43%Grade B
57%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 Downtown Wyandotte. 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
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
10.2%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Wyandotte

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.9/10. 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 Wyandotte 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 below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th 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.

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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163580500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163580500?

Census tract 26163580500 in the Downtown Wyandotte neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 26163580500?

Median gross rent is $1,339/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163580500?

9.7% of residents in tract 26163580500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,818.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163580500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 17th, minority 4th, housing 15th.

Is tract 26163580500 considered part of Downtown Wyandotte?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26163580500 fall within Downtown Wyandotte (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26163580500 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163580500 compare to Wyandotte overall?

Tract 26163580500 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Wyandotte at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wyandotte eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 26163580500 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 Wyandotte

Top eight tracts in Wyandotte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.