Within neighborhood
53
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Saint Roch Eviction Risk: Elevated , New Orleans
Tract 22071002100 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 990 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 22071002100 covers part of the Saint Roch area of New Orleans, LA, and scores 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 990. 29% 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
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units400
Renter share59.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate30.7%
Median income$35,978
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Orleans and the region
Centroid at 29.9804, -90.0546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saint Roch scores 6.6
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
30.7% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Saint Roch compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 96%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)
- 97Total filings over 8 yrs
- 6.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2013)
- 19Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 46% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 149Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×Ratio to 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 Saint Roch. 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.
- 29.1%Housing insecurity
- 22.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.7%Food insecurity
- 35.0%SNAP enrollment
- 18.3%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 41.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saint Roch
Food insecurity runs 37.7% against 17.8% nationally. 39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Orleans Parish average of 51.4%. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $35,978, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Against the Orleans Parish average of 5.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 97 filings here across 8 tracked years.
At $1,061 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of New Orleans commands. Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.6% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 22071002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071002100?
Census tract 22071002100 in the Saint Roch neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 22071002100?
Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22071002100?
30.7% of residents in tract 22071002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 990.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22071002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 51th, minority 88th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 22071002100 considered part of Saint Roch?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071002100 fall within Saint Roch (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071002100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 97 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 22071002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.97% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 22071002100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× 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 22071002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.1% 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. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 22071002100 compare to New Orleans overall?
Tract 22071002100 scores 6.6/10, 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 22071002100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 96% 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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Highest-risk tracts in New Orleans
Top eight tracts in New Orleans ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · LA
Broadmoor
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Lake Forest
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Broadmoor
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
Central Business District
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
Saint Roch
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
Broadmoor
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · LA
Saint Roch
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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