Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Wyandotte/Oakdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Louisville
Tract 21111012802 · Jefferson County, KY · pop 2,992 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 21111012802, home to 2,992 residents in the Wyandotte/Oakdale neighborhood of Louisville, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #20,981 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $809 monthly, set against $43,787 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,292
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$43,787
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Louisville and the region
Centroid at 38.2099, -85.7927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wyandotte/Oakdale scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$809 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Louisville
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Louisville
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Louisville
7.5
How Wyandotte/Oakdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 814Total filings over 14 yrs
- 12.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.6%Peak (2008)
- 72Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 95% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wyandotte/Oakdale. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wyandotte/Oakdale
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 2% 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 21111012802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21111012802?
Census tract 21111012802 in the Wyandotte/Oakdale neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 21111012802?
Median gross rent is $809/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21111012802?
22.5% of residents in tract 21111012802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,992.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21111012802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 93th, minority 80th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 21111012802 considered part of Wyandotte/Oakdale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21111012802 fall within Wyandotte/Oakdale (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21111012802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 814 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 21111012802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.94% of renter households, peaking at 20.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 21111012802 compare to Louisville overall?
Tract 21111012802 scores 4.9/10, 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 21111012802 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. 2% 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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