Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
French Market Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans
Tract 22071000400 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 2,403 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
22071000400 is a census tract in the French Market area of New Orleans, LA. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,403 residents. Severe burden reaches 45%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units896
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$53,977
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Orleans and the region
Centroid at 29.9468, -90.0425 · click any tract to drill in
Why French Market scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Orleans
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,201 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Orleans
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Orleans
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Orleans
4.5
How French Market compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 1%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 41%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 154Total filings over 8 yrs
- 5.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2010)
- 13Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 86% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 3Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked New Orleans, LA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within French Market. 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.
- 22.3%Housing insecurity
- 17.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.1%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in French Market
The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 8.4/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. SNAP participation runs 25.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 154 evictions over 8 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 6.2% of renter households were served. 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.
In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22071000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071000400?
Census tract 22071000400 in the French Market neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 22071000400?
Median gross rent is $1,201/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22071000400?
24.0% of residents in tract 22071000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,403.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22071000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 24th, minority 88th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 22071000400 considered part of French Market?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071000400 fall within French Market (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 22071000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.80% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 22071000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.3% 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. 17.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 22071000400 compare to New Orleans overall?
Tract 22071000400 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of New Orleans at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Orleans eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 22071000400 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. 41% 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 New Orleans ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6.7
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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