Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Newport Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 21037052400 · Campbell County, KY · pop 2,263 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Newport

In Newport, census tract 21037052400 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $882 monthly, set against $64,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 19% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,074

Renter share30.8%

SVI overall0.43

Poverty rate4.3%

Median income$64,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport and the region

Centroid at 39.0813, -84.4754 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newport scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Newport

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.1

State political climate

Kentucky legislature & governorship

2.1

Economic stress

4.3% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$882 rent vs county FMR

1.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Newport

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Newport

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Newport

6.7

How Newport compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

21%Socioeconomic
32%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
89%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

20%Grade A
41%Grade B
1%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newport

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Newport eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Campbell County average of 5.2 and in line with the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 21037052400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21037052400?

Census tract 21037052400 in Newport scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 21037052400?

Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 21037052400?

4.3% of residents in tract 21037052400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,263.

How socially vulnerable is tract 21037052400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 32th, minority 22th, housing 89th.

How does tract 21037052400 compare to Newport overall?

Tract 21037052400 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Newport at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 21037052400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Newport

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