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Wyandotte/Oakdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

Tract 21111003900 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 3,456 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

21111003900 is a census tract in the Wyandotte/Oakdale area of Louisville, KY. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,456 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 24% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,428
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$39,846

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Wyandotte/Oakdale
Elevated
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#10 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 38.1992, -85.7882 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wyandotte/Oakdale 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
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,043 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Wyandotte/Oakdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wyandotte/Oakdale risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0039004.0Louisvilleparent 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)

  • 1,461Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 16.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.4%Peak (2014)
  • 105Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21111003900
Filings dropped 21% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wyandotte/Oakdale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wyandotte/Oakdale

56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Jefferson County average of 42.9%. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.4 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.0. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10.

Court records carry 1,461 eviction filings across 14 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 24.4% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Louisville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 16.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the KY average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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 21111003900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111003900?

Census tract 21111003900 in the Wyandotte/Oakdale 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 21111003900?

Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111003900?

26.5% of residents in tract 21111003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,456.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111003900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 96th, minority 71th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 21111003900 considered part of Wyandotte/Oakdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111003900 fall within Wyandotte/Oakdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111003900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,461 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.18% of renter households, peaking at 24.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 21111003900 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111003900 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 21111003900 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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