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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Original Highland Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville

Tract 21111006500 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 2,848 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

The Original Highland Neighborhood area of Louisville is where census tract 21111006500 sits, home to 2,848 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #14,315 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,039 monthly, set against $37,981 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 35% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,062
Renter share58.5%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate41.0%
Median income$37,981

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Original Highland Neighborhood
Very High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 90 tracts In Louisville
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#264 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Louisville and the region

Centroid at 38.2328, -85.7461 · click any tract to drill in

Why Original Highland Neighborhood scores 5.5

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
41.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,039 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Original Highland Neighborhood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Original Highland Neighborhood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 006500Louisville: 3.23.2Louisvilleparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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)

  • 1,770Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 15.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.9%Peak (2002)
  • 145Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 211110065002002: 156 filings (18.86/100 renter HHs)2003: 146 filings (17.65/100 renter HHs)2004: 125 filings (15.11/100 renter HHs)2005: 116 filings (14.87/100 renter HHs)2006: 134 filings (17.18/100 renter HHs)2007: 123 filings (15.77/100 renter HHs)2008: 126 filings (16.15/100 renter HHs)2009: 122 filings (15.64/100 renter HHs)2010: 97 filings (12.93/100 renter HHs)2011: 91 filings (9.58/100 renter HHs)2012: 119 filings (12.53/100 renter HHs)2013: 127 filings (13.37/100 renter HHs)2014: 143 filings (15.05/100 renter HHs)2015: 145 filings (15.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Original Highland Neighborhood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Original Highland Neighborhood

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,770 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 15.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.9% of renter households in 2002.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 86% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 21111006500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111006500?

Census tract 21111006500 in the Original Highland Neighborhood neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 21111006500?

Median gross rent is $1,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111006500?

41.0% of residents in tract 21111006500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,848.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111006500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 39th, minority 54th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 21111006500 considered part of Original Highland Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111006500 fall within Original Highland Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111006500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,770 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111006500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.00% of renter households, peaking at 18.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 21111006500 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111006500 scores 5.5/10, 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 21111006500 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. 86% 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.
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