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Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Westwego Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 22051027200 · Jefferson Parish, LA · pop 4,516

Census tract 22051027200 covers part of Westwego, LA, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,516 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 27% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,156
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$51,274

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Westwego
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 127 tracts In Jefferson Parish
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#162 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
High
National
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#19,618 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westwego and the region

Centroid at 29.9036, -90.1417 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwego scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westwego
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$803 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westwego
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westwego
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westwego
8.1

How Westwego compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwego risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 027200Westwego: 4.54.5Westwegoparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.44.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwego

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Jefferson Parish average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $803 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Westwego commands.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 24.7% against 15.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 22051027200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22051027200?

Census tract 22051027200 in Westwego scores 5.9/10 (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 22051027200?

Median gross rent is $803/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22051027200?

25.6% of residents in tract 22051027200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,516.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22051027200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 76th, minority 43th, housing 51th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 22051027200 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.6% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 22051027200 compare to Westwego overall?

Tract 22051027200 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Westwego at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westwego; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 22051027200 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. 5% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Westwego

Top eight tracts in Westwego ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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