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Parkside Eviction Risk: Lower , St. Matthews

Tract 21111007800 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 3,096 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Eviction risk in the Parkside area of St. Matthews centers on tract 21111007800, which scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,096 residents. It lands near the 32nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,005 a month while the average household earns $88,750 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 23% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,591
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$88,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Parkside
Moderate
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#83 of 90 tracts In St. Matthews
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#164 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#1,090 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Matthews and the region

Centroid at 38.2505, -85.6674 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkside scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Matthews
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,005 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Matthews
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Matthews
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Matthews
5.0

How Parkside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parkside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 007800St. Matthews: 2.42.4St. Matthewsparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

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.

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)

  • 139Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 2.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.9%Peak (2004)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 211110078002002: 16 filings (3.46/100 renter HHs)2003: 8 filings (1.73/100 renter HHs)2004: 18 filings (3.89/100 renter HHs)2005: 13 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)2006: 13 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)2007: 15 filings (4.26/100 renter HHs)2008: 5 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)2009: 11 filings (3.12/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (1.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (1.19/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (0.59/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Parkside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkside

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 St. Matthews eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 139 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2004.

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 21111007800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111007800?

Census tract 21111007800 in the Parkside neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 21111007800?

Median gross rent is $1,005/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111007800?

4.9% of residents in tract 21111007800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,096.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111007800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 4th, minority 14th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 21111007800 considered part of Parkside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111007800 fall within Parkside (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111007800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 139 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111007800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.38% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 21111007800 compare to St. Matthews overall?

Tract 21111007800 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of St. Matthews at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Matthews eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 21111007800 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 St. Matthews

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

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