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Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

St. Matthews Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 21111010004 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 4,231 · 43% of tract blocks fall in St. Matthews

Census tract 21111010004 covers part of St. Matthews, KY, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,231. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 34% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units2,062
Renter share64.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$56,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In St. Matthews
Very High
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#118 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
Moderate
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#732 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Moderate
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Matthews and the region

Centroid at 38.2660, -85.6122 · click any tract to drill in

Why St. Matthews scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Matthews
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Matthews
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Matthews
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Matthews
1.9

How St. Matthews compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
St. Matthews risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0100043.5St. Matthewsparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

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)

  • 2,678Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 14.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.1%Peak (2002)
  • 93Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21111010004
Filings dropped 64% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in St. Matthews

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Cost burden runs about half here against 42.9% across Jefferson County. Court records carry 2,678 eviction filings across 14 observed years.

At $1,175 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of St. Matthews commands. The worst year on record was 2002, when 17.1% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 14.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Jefferson County average of 4.0 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 21111010004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111010004?

Census tract 21111010004 in St. Matthews scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 21111010004?

Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111010004?

10.2% of residents in tract 21111010004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,231.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111010004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 22th, minority 42th, housing 65th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111010004?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,678 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111010004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.33% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 21111010004 compare to St. Matthews overall?

Tract 21111010004 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Matthews at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Matthews eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in St. Matthews

Top eight tracts in St. Matthews ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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