Russell Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Jefferson County average of 42.9%.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

At $745 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Louisville commands. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.4 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.0.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,095 filings here across 14 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 35.0% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Louisville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 18.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.