Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Lower , Louisville
Tract 21111008900 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 5,189 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 21111008900 belongs to Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky. It is home to 5,189 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #26,549 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,205 a month against an average household income of $114,122 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,730
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$114,122
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Louisville and the region
Centroid at 38.2208, -85.6984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,205 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 42%Grade A
- 36%Grade B
- 0%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.
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)
- 90Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2014)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood
What moves this score most 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 Louisville 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 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 90 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 21111008900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111008900?
Census tract 21111008900 in the Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 21111008900?
Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21111008900?
9.2% of residents in tract 21111008900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,189.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21111008900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 8th, minority 9th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 21111008900 considered part of Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111008900 fall within Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111008900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 21111008900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 21111008900 compare to Louisville overall?
Tract 21111008900 scores 2.6/10, lower 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 21111008900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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