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Whiskey Row Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

Tract 21111005100 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 3,387 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 21111005100 in the Whiskey Row area of Louisville, KY reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,387 residents. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 40% Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units2,040
Renter share84.9%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate36.9%
Median income$29,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Whiskey Row
Moderate
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#26 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Elevated
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Louisville and the region

Centroid at 38.2363, -85.7617 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whiskey Row 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
36.9% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$761 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 Whiskey Row compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whiskey Row risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0051004.0Louisvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 2,942Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 10.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.3%Peak (2012)
  • 203Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21111005100
Filings climbed 28% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whiskey Row. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whiskey Row

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 9.2/10.

85% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Jefferson County average of 42.9%. Average gross rent is $761, 25% below the Louisville average.

Against the Jefferson County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,942 filings here across 14 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 12.3% 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.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 21111005100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111005100?

Census tract 21111005100 in the Whiskey Row neighborhood 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 21111005100?

Median gross rent is $761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111005100?

36.9% of residents in tract 21111005100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,387.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111005100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 70th, minority 63th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 21111005100 considered part of Whiskey Row?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111005100 fall within Whiskey Row (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111005100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,942 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111005100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.78% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 21111005100 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111005100 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.
Q8

Was tract 21111005100 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. 41% 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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