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Whiskey Row Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

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

The Whiskey Row neighborhood of Louisville anchors census tract 21111005901, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.

About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 1% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $234 a month while the average household earns $11,697 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 98% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.7
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
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Whiskey Row
High
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#184 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
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 5.7

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 / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 005901Louisville: 3.23.2Louisvilleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg 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

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whiskey Row. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whiskey Row

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Louisville 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 Jefferson County average of 5.5 and above the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 70% of the tract. 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 21111005901

Q1

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

Census tract 21111005901 in the Whiskey Row neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Louisville at 3.2/10. 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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