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Whiskey Row Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

Tract 21111004900 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 4,722 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 21111004900 (Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky) comes in at 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 72nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,073 monthly, set against $45,800 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 89% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 55% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,105
Renter share88.7%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate27.4%
Median income$45,800

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Whiskey Row
Low
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#332 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Louisville and the region

Centroid at 38.2577, -85.7564 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whiskey Row scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Louisville
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
27.4% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,073 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Louisville
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Louisville
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Louisville
5.0

How Whiskey Row compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whiskey Row risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 004900Louisville: 3.23.2Louisvilleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

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)

  • 2,614Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 13.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.0%Peak (2011)
  • 234Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 211110049002002: 114 filings (8.97/100 renter HHs)2003: 144 filings (11.33/100 renter HHs)2004: 151 filings (11.88/100 renter HHs)2005: 135 filings (9.63/100 renter HHs)2006: 140 filings (9.99/100 renter HHs)2007: 190 filings (13.56/100 renter HHs)2008: 213 filings (15.20/100 renter HHs)2009: 167 filings (11.92/100 renter HHs)2010: 227 filings (14.06/100 renter HHs)2011: 258 filings (19.03/100 renter HHs)2012: 198 filings (14.60/100 renter HHs)2013: 225 filings (16.59/100 renter HHs)2014: 218 filings (16.08/100 renter HHs)2015: 234 filings (17.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 105% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whiskey Row. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whiskey Row

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Louisville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jefferson County average of 5.5 and above the Kentucky statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 76th 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 4% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 21111004900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111004900?

Census tract 21111004900 in the Whiskey Row neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 21111004900?

Median gross rent is $1,073/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111004900?

27.4% of residents in tract 21111004900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,722.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111004900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 18th, minority 63th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 21111004900 considered part of Whiskey Row?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111004900 fall within Whiskey Row (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111004900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,614 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111004900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.58% of renter households, peaking at 19.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 21111004900 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111004900 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Louisville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Louisville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 21111004900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 4% 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 Louisville

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

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