Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Wright Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 21117065200 · Kenton County, KY · pop 4,396 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Fort Wright
Census tract 21117065200 sits in Fort Wright in Kenton County, Kentucky eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #45,372 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,285 a month against an average household income of $95,430 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,705
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$95,430
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wright and the region
Centroid at 39.0519, -84.5311 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Wright scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Wright
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,285 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Wright
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Wright
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Wright
2.7
How Fort Wright compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 13%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Wright
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Wright, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kenton County average of 5.0 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 White and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 21117065200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21117065200?
Census tract 21117065200 in Fort Wright scores 2.1/10 (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 21117065200?
Median gross rent is $1,285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21117065200?
5.5% of residents in tract 21117065200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,396.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21117065200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 64th, minority 23th, housing 82th.
Q5
How does tract 21117065200 compare to Fort Wright overall?
Tract 21117065200 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Fort Wright at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Wright; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 21117065200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wright
Top eight tracts in Fort Wright ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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