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Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Louisville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 21111011005 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 3,058

With a score of 3.8/10, tract 21111011005 in Louisville, KY reads lower for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 31% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,303
Renter share53.1%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$59,209

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 90 tracts In Louisville
Elevated
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#111 of 216 tracts In Jefferson County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#648 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Moderate
National
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#52,479 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Louisville and the region

Centroid at 38.1907, -85.6324 · click any tract to drill in

Why Louisville scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Louisville
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,190 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Louisville
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Louisville
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Louisville
3.0

How Louisville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Louisville risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.8This tracttract 0110053.5Louisvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

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)

  • 1,210Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 15.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.7%Peak (2013)
  • 69Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21111011005
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Louisville

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.8/10.

Court records carry 1,210 eviction filings across 14 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 19.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 15.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. It tracks the Jefferson County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,190, close to the Louisville average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 21111011005

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111011005?

Census tract 21111011005 in Louisville scores 3.8/10 (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 21111011005?

Median gross rent is $1,190/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21111011005?

12.5% of residents in tract 21111011005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,058.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21111011005?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 17th, minority 54th, housing 36th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111011005?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,210 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111011005 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.30% of renter households, peaking at 19.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 21111011005 compare to Louisville overall?

Tract 21111011005 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Louisville at 3.5/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Louisville

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

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