Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Henderson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 21101020701 · Henderson County, KY · pop 6,256 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Henderson
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 21101020701 reflects conditions in Henderson, Kentucky. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $785 a month against an average household income of $62,229 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,642
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$62,229
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Henderson and the region
Centroid at 37.8935, -87.3937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Henderson scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Henderson
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$785 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Henderson
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Henderson
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Henderson
6.9
How Henderson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%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.
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)
- 123Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2006)
- 30Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Henderson
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Henderson 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 Henderson County average of 5.3 and above the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 123 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.7% of renter households in 2006.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 21101020701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21101020701?
Census tract 21101020701 in Henderson scores 4.2/10 (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 21101020701?
Median gross rent is $785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21101020701?
15.2% of residents in tract 21101020701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,256.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21101020701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 68th, minority 15th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21101020701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 123 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 21101020701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.73% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 21101020701 compare to Henderson overall?
Tract 21101020701 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Henderson at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Henderson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 21101020701 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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 Henderson
Top eight tracts in Henderson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · KY
Audubon
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Audubon
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21101020101
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21101020604
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
Audubon
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
Audubon
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
Audubon
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21101020603
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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