Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Flat Rock Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26163599001 · Wayne County, MI · pop 5,292
Flat Rock is where census tract 26163599001 sits, home to 5,292 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,081 a month against an average household income of $68,073 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,007
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$68,073
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Flat Rock and the region
Centroid at 42.1056, -83.2817 · click any tract to drill in
Why Flat Rock scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Flat Rock
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,081 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Flat Rock
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Flat Rock
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Flat Rock
5.0
How Flat Rock compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Flat Rock
What moves this score most is housing court bias at $1/10. 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 Flat Rock, 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 in line with 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 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26163599001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26163599001?
Census tract 26163599001 in Flat Rock scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26163599001?
Median gross rent is $1,081/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26163599001?
14.3% of residents in tract 26163599001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,292.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26163599001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 80th, minority 42th, housing 75th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26163599001 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26163599001 compare to Flat Rock overall?
Tract 26163599001 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Flat Rock at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Flat Rock; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Flat Rock
Top eight tracts in Flat Rock ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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