The poverty rate in East English Village, 2026

Here is what the numbers say. The Census puts the residents below the poverty line in East English Village at 12.1%.

That is 42% below the Wayne County figure of 20.8%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 13.6%, it is 11% below.

Where East English Village stands

Among 138 Detroit neighborhoods, East English Village has the 129th highest figure, above 7% of them. The middle figure in that group is 32.9%, so East English Village sits below the typical one.

The range runs from 1.0% in Palmer Woods to 65.2% in Riverbend. The highest figures in the group belong to Riverbend (65.2%), Penrose (62.2%), and Pride Area Community (60.6%).

Next door

Morningside nearby comes in at 33.9%, 180% higher. Cornerstone Village nearby comes in at 28.8%, 137% higher.

Yorkshire Woods nearby comes in at 42.7%, 252% higher. Moross-Morang nearby comes in at 33.0%, 172% higher.

Related numbers

For adults 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or more, East English Village comes in at 29.8%. For households with a broadband subscription, East English Village comes in at 97.7%.

For unemployment rate, East English Village comes in at 9.7%.

What it means for you

So what does that mean for you?

Poverty rates show where help with bills, food and home repairs matters most.

How we read the numbers

The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare East English Village with the 138 Detroit neighborhoods that have the same figure on file, highest first.

A neighborhood's figures combine the Census tracts whose center falls inside its boundary.