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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Plum Orchard Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans

Tract 22071001743 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 2,102 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 6.7/10, tract 22071001743 in the Plum Orchard area of New Orleans, LA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,102 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 17% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units852
Renter share65.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate44.9%
Median income$32,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Plum Orchard
Very High
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#14 of 184 tracts In New Orleans
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 184 tracts In Orleans Parish
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Orleans and the region

Centroid at 30.0305, -90.0044 · click any tract to drill in

Why Plum Orchard scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
44.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,033 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Plum Orchard compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Plum Orchard risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 0017435.3New Orleansparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 627Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 19.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.4%Peak (2010)
  • 64Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 22071001743

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 879Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 23.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.49×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-03-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Plum Orchard. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Plum Orchard

Cost burden runs 73% here against 51.4% across Orleans Parish. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 41.8% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $32,295, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Housing insecurity runs 32.1% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10.

This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Against the Orleans Parish average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

Average gross rent is $1,033, 17% below the New Orleans average. Court records carry 627 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 32.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 19.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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 22071001743

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071001743?

Census tract 22071001743 in the Plum Orchard 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 22071001743?

Median gross rent is $1,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22071001743?

44.9% of residents in tract 22071001743 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,102.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22071001743?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 32th, minority 98th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 22071001743 considered part of Plum Orchard?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071001743 fall within Plum Orchard (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071001743?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 627 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 22071001743 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.33% of renter households, peaking at 32.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 22071001743 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 22071001743 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.1% 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. 26.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 22071001743 compare to New Orleans overall?

Tract 22071001743 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Orleans

Top eight tracts in New Orleans ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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