4 census tracts · pop 10,555 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 3.9–6.7
Gentilly is a 4-tract suburb of New Orleans, LA and houses 10,555 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 50% against 35.9% citywide, putting Gentilly 14.1% over its own city. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.9 to 6.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Court records carry 292 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
15.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 14.3% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,107, 12% below the New Orleans average of $1,251.
The most recent observed rate, 2.1% in 2013, is well off that peak. That places it #12 of 29 neighborhoods in New Orleans.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Leonidas and Bywater.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Gentilly vs New OrleansHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority84%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport39%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Gentilly
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
292Total filings (sum)
3.09%Avg annual filing rate
14.3%Peak year (2012)
2.04%Latest filed (2013)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
294Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly observed
1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
2.32×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans, LA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Gentilly
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.1%Housing insecurity
15.5%Utility shutoff threat
24.8%Food insecurity
21.6%SNAP enrollment
7.5%No health insurance
33.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Gentilly
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Gentilly?
Gentilly scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 Gentilly compare to New Orleans overall?
Gentilly scores 0.4 points higher than New Orleans overall (5.3/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,107 vs $1,251.
Q3
What is the average rent in Gentilly?
Average gross rent in Gentilly is $1,107/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Gentilly residents are renters?
39% of Gentilly households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in New Orleans). The neighborhood has 10,555 residents.
Q5
Is Gentilly a high social-vulnerability area?
Gentilly sits in the 54th 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 Gentilly have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Gentilly is census tract 22071003304 (score 6.7/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 6.7, a spread of 2.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Gentilly for landlords?
Gentilly carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Gentilly?
Gentilly has 10,081 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (64%), White (non-Hispanic) (24.2%), Other / Multiracial (6.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
