Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Gentilly Eviction Risk: Moderate , New Orleans
Tract 22071001702 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 4,038 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
The Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans anchors census tract 22071001702, which lands at 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $965 a month against an average household income of $43,832 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,165
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$43,832
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Orleans and the region
Centroid at 30.0085, -90.0355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gentilly scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$965 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Gentilly compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%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.
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)
- 31Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 59Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.46×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Gentilly. 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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.4%Food insecurity
- 22.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gentilly
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 New Orleans eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Orleans County average of 5.7 and above the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 31 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 22071001702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071001702?
Census tract 22071001702 in the Gentilly neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 22071001702?
Median gross rent is $965/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22071001702?
25.6% of residents in tract 22071001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,038.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22071001702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 67th, minority 85th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 22071001702 considered part of Gentilly?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071001702 fall within Gentilly (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071001702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 22071001702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.79% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 22071001702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.46× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 22071001702 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 22071001702 compare to New Orleans overall?
Tract 22071001702 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of New Orleans at 3.7/10. 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 22071001702 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. 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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