Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Lower Garden District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gretna
Tract 22051025900 · Jefferson Parish, LA · pop 3,606 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
22051025900 is a census tract in the Lower Garden District area of Gretna, LA. It scores 7/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,100
Renter share46.8%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$55,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gretna and the region
Centroid at 29.9194, -90.0613 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lower Garden District scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gretna
8.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$991 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gretna
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gretna
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gretna
9.1
How Lower Garden District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 7%Grade C
- 23%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.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 20.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.0%Food insecurity
- 22.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lower Garden District
72% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Jefferson Parish average of 47.9%. Against the Jefferson Parish average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points.
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 22.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for New Orleans. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $991, close to the Gretna average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $55,750. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22051025900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22051025900?
Census tract 22051025900 in the Lower Garden District neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 22051025900?
Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22051025900?
22.8% of residents in tract 22051025900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22051025900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 36th, minority 65th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 22051025900 considered part of Lower Garden District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22051025900 fall within Lower Garden District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 22051025900 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.5% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 22051025900 compare to Gretna overall?
Tract 22051025900 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Gretna at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gretna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 22051025900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 23% 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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Top eight tracts in Gretna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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