Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Covington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22103040402 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 3,180 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Covington
Tract 22103040402 sits in Covington eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 3,180 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,169
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$100,440
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Covington and the region
Centroid at 30.4797, -90.1336 · click any tract to drill in
Why Covington scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Covington
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Covington
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Covington
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Covington
6.5
How Covington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Covington
Cost burden runs 71% here against 44.8% across St. Tammany Parish. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 0.9 points below the St. Tammany Parish average of 4.0.
SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,208, 13% below the Covington average. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $100,440, annual rent is just 14%.
Statewide the LA average is 4.4, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler.
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 22103040402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040402?
Census tract 22103040402 in Covington scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 22103040402?
Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22103040402?
7.9% of residents in tract 22103040402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,180.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22103040402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 20th, minority 1th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22103040402 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22103040402 compare to Covington overall?
Tract 22103040402 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Covington at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Covington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Covington
Top eight tracts in Covington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · LA
22103040501
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040608
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040204
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040601
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040602
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040205
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040401
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040607
3
/ 10 · Low
Related