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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Read Blvd West Eviction Risk: Moderate , New Orleans

Tract 22071001723 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 6,059 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 22071001723 sits in the Read Blvd West area of New Orleans eviction risk, LA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 6,059 residents. Against Orleans Parish at 51.4%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 11% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,979
Renter share31.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$57,586

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Read Blvd West
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#123 of 184 tracts In New Orleans
Low
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#124 of 184 tracts In Orleans Parish
Low
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#546 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Orleans and the region

Centroid at 30.0203, -89.9795 · click any tract to drill in

Why Read Blvd West scores 4.7

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
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,406 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Read Blvd West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Read Blvd West risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0017235.3New Orleansparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

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)

  • 75Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2011)
  • 15Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 22071001723

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 159Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.39×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-03-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

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 Read Blvd West

The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 8.4/10.

Food insecurity runs 34.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 30.9% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 75 evictions over 7 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,406, 12% above the New Orleans average.

Against the Orleans Parish average of 5.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 22071001723

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071001723?

Census tract 22071001723 in the Read Blvd West neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 22071001723?

Median gross rent is $1,406/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22071001723?

12.2% of residents in tract 22071001723 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,059.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22071001723?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 61th, minority 97th, housing 47th.
Q5

Is tract 22071001723 considered part of Read Blvd West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071001723 fall within Read Blvd West (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071001723?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 22071001723 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.80% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 22071001723 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.39× 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 22071001723 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.4% 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. 20.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 22071001723 compare to New Orleans overall?

Tract 22071001723 scores 4.7/10, lower 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.
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