7 census tracts · pop 20,506 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Wyandotte/Oakdale is a 7-tract neighborhood of Louisville, KY and houses 20,506 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 7.7/10. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.4/10.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.4/10. Court records carry 16,421 eviction filings across its 7 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 83.4% of renter households.
That places it #1 of 10 neighborhoods in Louisville. Judgments average 9.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Whiskey Row and Wilder Park score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 45% of renter households.
Its 7 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $985, close to the Louisville average.
With little internal variation, 5.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
7 tracts · population-weighted
Wyandotte/Oakdale vs LouisvilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wyandotte/Oakdale
Aggregated across 7 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
16,421Total filings (sum)
18.74%Avg annual filing rate
83.4%Peak year (2015)
15.85%Latest filed (2015)
Frequently asked
About Wyandotte/Oakdale
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wyandotte/Oakdale?
Wyandotte/Oakdale scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 7 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Wyandotte/Oakdale compare to Louisville overall?
Wyandotte/Oakdale scores 1.4 points higher than Louisville overall (4/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 44% citywide. Average rent: $985 vs $1,011.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wyandotte/Oakdale?
Average gross rent in Wyandotte/Oakdale is $985/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wyandotte/Oakdale residents are renters?
59% of Wyandotte/Oakdale households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Louisville). The neighborhood has 20,506 residents.
Q5
Is Wyandotte/Oakdale a high social-vulnerability area?
Wyandotte/Oakdale sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wyandotte/Oakdale have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wyandotte/Oakdale is census tract 21111004301 (score 5.4/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 5.4, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Wyandotte/Oakdale for landlords?
Wyandotte/Oakdale carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 7 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Louisville as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wyandotte/Oakdale?
Wyandotte/Oakdale has 20,474 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (42.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (41.8%), Other / Multiracial (8.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
