Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Faubourg St. John Eviction Risk: Moderate , New Orleans
Tract 22071003701 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 1,991 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 22071003701 covers part of the Faubourg St. John area of New Orleans, LA, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,991 residents. 32% 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
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units907
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$65,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Orleans and the region
Centroid at 29.9882, -90.0794 · click any tract to drill in
Why Faubourg St. John scores 4.3
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,602 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Faubourg St. John compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
- 28%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)
- 104Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 228Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.17×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 Faubourg St. John. 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Faubourg St. John
What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 8.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,602, 28% above the New Orleans average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.1 points below the Orleans Parish average of 5.4. Court records carry 104 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 4.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22071003701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071003701?
Census tract 22071003701 in the Faubourg St. John neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 22071003701?
Median gross rent is $1,602/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22071003701?
9.2% of residents in tract 22071003701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22071003701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 48th, minority 72th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 22071003701 considered part of Faubourg St. John?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071003701 fall within Faubourg St. John (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071003701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 22071003701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.77% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 22071003701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.17× 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 22071003701 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 22071003701 compare to New Orleans overall?
Tract 22071003701 scores 4.3/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 22071003701 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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