Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Newport Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 21037052301 · Campbell County, KY · pop 5,056 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Newport

Census tract 21037052301 belongs to Newport in Campbell County, Kentucky. It is home to 5,056 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,063 monthly, set against $82,361 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 25% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units2,102

Renter share51.0%

SVI overall0.25

Poverty rate6.0%

Median income$82,361

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport and the region

Centroid at 39.0824, -84.4571 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newport scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Newport

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.1

State political climate

Kentucky legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

6.0% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,063 rent vs county FMR

3.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Newport

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Newport

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Newport

6.7

How Newport compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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

25%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
5%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

30%Grade A
16%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

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newport

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Newport eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Campbell County average of 5.2 and above the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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 A ("Best"), 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 21037052301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21037052301?

Census tract 21037052301 in Newport 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.

What is the average rent in tract 21037052301?

Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 21037052301?

6.0% of residents in tract 21037052301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,056.

How socially vulnerable is tract 21037052301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 27th, minority 5th, housing 48th.

How does tract 21037052301 compare to Newport overall?

Tract 21037052301 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Newport at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 21037052301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Newport

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