Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Shelbyville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 21211040201 · Shelby County, KY · pop 3,088 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Shelbyville
The Lower-tier score of 3.9/10 for census tract 21211040201 reflects conditions in Shelbyville, Kentucky. It lands near the 10th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 6% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $100,827 a year. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,231
Renter share10.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$100,827
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelbyville and the region
Centroid at 38.2924, -85.2121 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shelbyville scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shelbyville
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shelbyville
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shelbyville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shelbyville
5.1
How Shelbyville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shelbyville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Shelbyville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Shelby County average of 4.3 and below the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th 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 21211040201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21211040201?
Census tract 21211040201 in Shelbyville scores 2.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 21211040201?
8.7% of residents in tract 21211040201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,088.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 21211040201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 37th, minority 18th, housing 32th.
Q4
How does tract 21211040201 compare to Shelbyville overall?
Tract 21211040201 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Shelbyville at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shelbyville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shelbyville
Top eight tracts in Shelbyville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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