Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Martinsville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Shelbyville
Tract 21211040302 · Shelby County, KY · pop 3,863 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
21211040302 is a census tract in the Martinsville area of Shelbyville, KY. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,863 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,305
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$57,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelbyville and the region
Centroid at 38.2076, -85.2233 · click any tract to drill in
Why Martinsville scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shelbyville
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shelbyville
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shelbyville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shelbyville
5.1
How Martinsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
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)
- 71Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2006)
- 32Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Martinsville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Martinsville
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Shelby County average of 3.8.
Against Shelby County at 24.1%, 18% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 71 filings here across 2 tracked years. At $913 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Shelbyville commands.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 2.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10. Statewide the KY average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $57,531.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 21211040302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21211040302?
Census tract 21211040302 in the Martinsville neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 21211040302?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21211040302?
13.6% of residents in tract 21211040302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,863.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21211040302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 74th, minority 51th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 21211040302 considered part of Martinsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21211040302 fall within Martinsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21211040302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 21211040302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.80% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 21211040302 compare to Shelbyville overall?
Tract 21211040302 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Shelbyville at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shelbyville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shelbyville
Top eight tracts in Shelbyville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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