Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Metairie Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22051020205 · Jefferson Parish, LA · pop 3,157
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 22051020205 in Metairie, LA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,705
Renter share90.9%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$29,830
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Metairie and the region
Centroid at 30.0091, -90.1619 · click any tract to drill in
Why Metairie scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Metairie
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Metairie
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Metairie
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Metairie
3.0
How Metairie compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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.
- 28.2%Housing insecurity
- 21.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.6%Food insecurity
- 31.4%SNAP enrollment
- 18.4%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Metairie
Set annual rent against average income of $29,830 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 60% here against 47.9% across Jefferson Parish.
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 31.4% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. It sits 0.6 points above the Jefferson Parish average of 4.3.
On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,116, close to the Metairie average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 22051020205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22051020205?
Census tract 22051020205 in Metairie scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 22051020205?
Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22051020205?
25.1% of residents in tract 22051020205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,157.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22051020205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 86th, minority 81th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22051020205 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.2% 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. 21.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22051020205 compare to Metairie overall?
Tract 22051020205 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Metairie at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Metairie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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