Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Ryland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 21117065900 · Kenton County, KY · pop 1,488 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Ryland Heights
Ryland Heights is where census tract 21117065900 sits, home to 1,488 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.8/10. That is riskier than about 9% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 6% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,132 a month against an average household income of $75,481 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units550
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$75,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ryland Heights and the region
Centroid at 38.9655, -84.4649 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ryland Heights scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ryland Heights
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,132 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ryland Heights
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ryland Heights
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ryland Heights
3.7
How Ryland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%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 Ryland Heights
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 3.8/10. 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 Ryland Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kenton County average of 5.0 and below the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 21117065900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21117065900?
Census tract 21117065900 in Ryland Heights scores 2.4/10 (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 21117065900?
Median gross rent is $1,132/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 6% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21117065900?
4.8% of residents in tract 21117065900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,488.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21117065900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 34th, minority 1th, housing 26th.
Q5
How does tract 21117065900 compare to Ryland Heights overall?
Tract 21117065900 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Ryland Heights at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ryland Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 21117065900 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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