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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Parkwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brownsville

Tract 22073005500 · Ouachita Parish, LA · pop 3,000 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Parkwood in Brownsville is where census tract 22073005500 sits, home to 3,000 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $807 a month while the average household earns $48,875 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 40% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share64.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$48,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Parkwood
Very Low
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Brownsville
High
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#19 of 47 tracts In Ouachita Parish
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#139 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brownsville and the region

Centroid at 32.5074, -92.1450 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkwood scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brownsville
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$807 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brownsville
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brownsville
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brownsville
7.1

How Parkwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parkwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 005500Brownsville: 3.13.1Brownsvilleparent cityCounty: 5.55.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.64.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Parkwood. 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 Parkwood

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Brownsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Ouachita County average of 5.0 and above the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 22073005500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22073005500?

Census tract 22073005500 in the Parkwood neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 22073005500?

Median gross rent is $807/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22073005500?

28.2% of residents in tract 22073005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,000.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22073005500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 23th, minority 70th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 22073005500 considered part of Parkwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22073005500 fall within Parkwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 22073005500 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.4% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 22073005500 compare to Brownsville overall?

Tract 22073005500 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Brownsville at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brownsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brownsville

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

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