Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Southgate Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26163581800 · Wayne County, MI · pop 2,688

Tract 26163581800 sits in Southgate eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 2,688. 52% 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

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 12% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,059

Renter share26.7%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$46,635

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southgate and the region

Centroid at 42.2043, -83.1985 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southgate scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Southgate

7.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.9

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,580 rent vs county FMR

6.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Southgate

5.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Southgate

7.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Southgate

5.2

How Southgate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

78%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
34%Racial/ethnic minority
4%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

13.5%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
17.3%Food insecurity
15.2%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
20.5%Frequent mental distress
33.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southgate

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. At $1,580 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Southgate commands.

Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $46,635, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Cost burden runs 56% here against 46.6% across Wayne County. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.5/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.2/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Wayne County average of 4.6.

The voucher gap is 14.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26163581800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163581800?

Census tract 26163581800 in Southgate scores 3.7/10 (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 26163581800?

Median gross rent is $1,580/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26163581800?

9.9% of residents in tract 26163581800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,688.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26163581800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 66th, minority 34th, housing 4th.

What share of households in tract 26163581800 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26163581800 compare to Southgate overall?

Tract 26163581800 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Southgate at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southgate eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southgate

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