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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Louisville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 21111001100 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 3,021

21111001100 is a census tract in Louisville, KY. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 26% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,489
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate38.2%
Median income$42,754

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Very High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Louisville and the region

Centroid at 38.2477, -85.8230 · click any tract to drill in

Why Louisville scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Louisville
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
38.2% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$775 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Louisville
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Louisville
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Louisville
5.0

How Louisville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Louisville risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0011004.0Louisvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 1,331Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 17.49%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.2%Peak (2013)
  • 76Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21111001100
Filings dropped 19% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

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Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Louisville

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.2/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $775 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Louisville commands.

Against the Jefferson County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,331 filings here across 14 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 22.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 17.5% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 21111001100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111001100?

Census tract 21111001100 in Louisville scores 5.4/10 (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 21111001100?

Median gross rent is $775/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111001100?

38.2% of residents in tract 21111001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,021.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 98th, minority 95th, housing 43th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111001100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,331 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.49% of renter households, peaking at 22.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 21111001100 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111001100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Louisville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Louisville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 21111001100 historically redlined?

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