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Bywater Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans

Tract 22071001100 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 1,706 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 6.4/10, tract 22071001100 in the Bywater area of New Orleans, LA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,706. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 23% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units868
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$34,694

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Bywater
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 184 tracts In New Orleans
Elevated
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#60 of 184 tracts In Orleans Parish
Elevated
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#110 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Orleans and the region

Centroid at 29.9671, -90.0303 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bywater scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Orleans
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,372 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Orleans
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Orleans
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Orleans
4.5

How Bywater compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bywater risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.4This tracttract 0011005.3New Orleansparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 131Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 3.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak (2009)
  • 9Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 22071001100
Filings dropped 57% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 187Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.15×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-03-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked New Orleans, LA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bywater. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bywater

Set annual rent against average income of $34,694 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 8.4/10. SNAP participation runs 29.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

Cost burden runs 58% here against 51.4% across Orleans Parish. It sits 1.0 points above the Orleans Parish average of 5.4. Court records carry 131 eviction filings across 8 observed years.

Housing insecurity runs 22.4% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,372, 10% above the New Orleans average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 22071001100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071001100?

Census tract 22071001100 in the Bywater neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 22071001100?

Median gross rent is $1,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22071001100?

24.6% of residents in tract 22071001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,706.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22071001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 19th, minority 58th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 22071001100 considered part of Bywater?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071001100 fall within Bywater (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071001100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 131 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 22071001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.58% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 22071001100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.15× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 22071001100 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 22071001100 compare to New Orleans overall?

Tract 22071001100 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of New Orleans at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Orleans eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 22071001100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 15% 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

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

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