Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Crescent Springs Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 21117064002 · Kenton County, KY · pop 3,362 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Crescent Springs
Eviction risk in Crescent Springs in Kenton County centers on tract 21117064002, which scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,362 residents. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $963 a month against an average household income of $72,458 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,468
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$72,458
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Crescent Springs and the region
Centroid at 39.0585, -84.5742 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crescent Springs scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Crescent Springs
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Crescent Springs
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Crescent Springs
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Crescent Springs
3.0
How Crescent Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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.
- 7%Grade A
- 0%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crescent Springs
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 Crescent Springs, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kenton County average of 5.0 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 18th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), 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 21117064002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21117064002?
Census tract 21117064002 in Crescent Springs scores 2.4/10 (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 21117064002?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21117064002?
3.6% of residents in tract 21117064002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,362.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21117064002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 8th, minority 9th, housing 26th.
Q5
How does tract 21117064002 compare to Crescent Springs overall?
Tract 21117064002 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Crescent Springs at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Crescent Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 21117064002 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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