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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Frankfort Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 21073071200 · Franklin County, KY · pop 3,214 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Frankfort

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 21073071200 in Frankfort, KY reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,214. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 39% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,327
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate37.7%
Median income$47,009

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 16 tracts In Frankfort
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 20 tracts In Franklin County
Very High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#244 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Frankfort and the region

Centroid at 38.2087, -84.8714 · click any tract to drill in

Why Frankfort scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Frankfort
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
37.7% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$777 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Frankfort
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Frankfort
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Frankfort
3.0

How Frankfort compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Frankfort risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0712003.4Frankfortparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 316Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 8.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2008)
  • 58Filings in 2009 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2009
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21073071200
Filings dropped 28% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Frankfort

The dominant input is economic stress at 9.4/10. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Against the Franklin County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Average gross rent is $777, 18% below the Frankfort average.

Court records carry 316 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2008, when 11.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.3% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the KY average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 21073071200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21073071200?

Census tract 21073071200 in Frankfort scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 21073071200?

Median gross rent is $777/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21073071200?

37.7% of residents in tract 21073071200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,214.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21073071200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 68th, minority 56th, housing 95th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21073071200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 316 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 21073071200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.27% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 21073071200 compare to Frankfort overall?

Tract 21073071200 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Frankfort at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Frankfort eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Frankfort

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

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