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Whiskey Row Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

Tract 21111005901 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 2,673 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 21111005901 in the Whiskey Row area of Louisville, KY reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Jefferson County average of 42.9%.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 78% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share97.8%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate61.1%
Median income$11,697

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Whiskey Row
Low
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
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 38.2486, -85.7461 · 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
61.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$234 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 0059014.0Louisvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

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.

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

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Within Whiskey Row. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whiskey Row

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. At $234 a month, rents run 77% under what the rest of Louisville commands.

The poverty rate is 61%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 98% 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.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.2/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Against the Jefferson County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the KY average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 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 21111005901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111005901?

Census tract 21111005901 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 21111005901?

Median gross rent is $234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111005901?

61.1% of residents in tract 21111005901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,673.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111005901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 71th, minority 81th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 21111005901 considered part of Whiskey Row?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111005901 fall within Whiskey Row (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 21111005901 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111005901 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 21111005901 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. 70% 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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