Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Gretna Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 22051025600 · Jefferson Parish, LA · pop 1,565
With a score of 6.5/10, tract 22051025600 in Gretna, LA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,565 residents. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units672
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate21.4%
Median income$63,314
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gretna and the region
Centroid at 29.9133, -90.0565 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gretna scores 6.5
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
21.4% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Gretna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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
- 23%Grade C
- 24%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.
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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 16.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gretna
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10.
Against the Jefferson Parish average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 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. Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,134, close to the Gretna average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22051025600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22051025600?
Census tract 22051025600 in Gretna scores 6.5/10 (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 22051025600?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22051025600?
21.4% of residents in tract 22051025600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,565.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22051025600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 44th, minority 58th, housing 42th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22051025600 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22051025600 compare to Gretna overall?
Tract 22051025600 scores 6.5/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 22051025600 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. 24% 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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