Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Lower , Louisville

Tract 21111008900 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 5,189 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 21111008900 in the Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood area of Louisville, KY reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,189 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score

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.

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 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

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 by year 2002 to 2015

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

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Jefferson County average of 42.9%.

Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,205, 19% above the Louisville average.

Against the Jefferson County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 90 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.4% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 21111008900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111008900?

Census tract 21111008900 in the Highlands-Douglass Neighborhood neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

How does tract 21111008900 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111008900 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Louisville at 4/10. 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.

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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Louisville

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org