3 census tracts · pop 3,756 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5–6.4
Bywater takes in 3 census tracts of New Orleans, LA, population 3,756. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, Moderate tier. 41% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Cost burden runs 59% against 35.9% citywide, putting Bywater 22.8% over its own city. Set annual rent against average household income of $40,205 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. SNAP participation is 34.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 26.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5 to 6.4, a 1.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filings are well documented here: 209 across 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 6.8% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 4.2% in 2013 against a 6.8% peak. That places it #9 of 29 neighborhoods in New Orleans. Average gross rent runs $1,195, close to the New Orleans average.
45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Bywater vs New OrleansHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority75%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport44%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bywater
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
209Total filings (sum)
3.77%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak year (2012)
3.69%Latest filed (2013)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
382Total filings 2020-21
1.9Avg monthly observed
1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans, LA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bywater
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
25.7%Housing insecurity
21.3%Utility shutoff threat
33.7%Food insecurity
32.9%SNAP enrollment
9.6%No health insurance
39.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bywater
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bywater?
Bywater scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Bywater compare to New Orleans overall?
Bywater scores 0.5 points higher than New Orleans overall (5.3/10). Renters spend 59% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,195 vs $1,251.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bywater?
Average gross rent in Bywater is $1,195/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bywater residents are renters?
45% of Bywater households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in New Orleans). The neighborhood has 3,756 residents.
Q5
Is Bywater a high social-vulnerability area?
Bywater sits in the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Bywater have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bywater is census tract 22071001100 (score 6.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 6.4, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Bywater for landlords?
Bywater carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to New Orleans as a whole (5.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bywater?
Bywater has 4,000 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (58.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (35.6%), Other / Multiracial (3.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
