Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Gentilly Woods Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans
Tract 22071013702 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 1,213 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 22071013702 sits in the Gentilly Woods area of New Orleans eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 1,213. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units387
Renter share86.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate59.4%
Median income$23,401
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Orleans and the region
Centroid at 29.9946, -90.0287 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gentilly Woods 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
59.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$770 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Woods compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 87Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 14.50×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 46.8%Housing insecurity
- 42.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 61.6%Food insecurity
- 66.7%SNAP enrollment
- 34.5%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 29.5%Frequent mental distress
- 49.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gentilly Woods
Housing insecurity runs 46.8% against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 61.6% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 59%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $770, 38% below the New Orleans average. This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Set annual rent against average income of $23,401 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against Orleans Parish at 51.4%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. Against the Orleans Parish average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 22071013702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071013702?
Census tract 22071013702 in the Gentilly Woods 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 22071013702?
Median gross rent is $770/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22071013702?
59.4% of residents in tract 22071013702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,213.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22071013702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 24th, minority 100th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 22071013702 considered part of Gentilly Woods?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071013702 fall within Gentilly Woods (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 22071013702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 14.50× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 22071013702 struggle to pay rent?
About 46.8% 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. 42.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 22071013702 compare to New Orleans overall?
Tract 22071013702 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.
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