Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Gentilly Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans
Tract 22071003307 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 1,277 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 22071003307 sits in the Gentilly Terrace area of New Orleans eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. It is home to 1,277 residents. 14% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Orleans Parish average of 51.4%.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units796
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate35.7%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Orleans and the region
Centroid at 29.9974, -90.0711 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gentilly Terrace scores 6.7
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
35.7% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$1,305 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Gentilly Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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
- 3%Grade C
- 40%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)
- 90Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2012)
- 8Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.98×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked New Orleans, LA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 26.0%Housing insecurity
- 21.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.2%Food insecurity
- 32.9%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 41.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gentilly Terrace
The dominant input is economic stress at 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
SNAP participation runs 32.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 34.2% against 17.8% nationally.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.
Against the Orleans Parish average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Court records carry 90 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 7.4% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22071003307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071003307?
Census tract 22071003307 in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 22071003307?
Median gross rent is $1,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22071003307?
35.7% of residents in tract 22071003307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,277.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22071003307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 8th, minority 92th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 22071003307 considered part of Gentilly Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071003307 fall within Gentilly Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071003307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 22071003307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.21% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 22071003307 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 22071003307 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.0% 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. 21.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 22071003307 compare to New Orleans overall?
Tract 22071003307 scores 6.7/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 22071003307 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. 40% 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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