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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Faubourg St. John Eviction Risk: Moderate , New Orleans

Tract 22071004600 · Orleans Parish, LA · pop 2,703 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 22071004600 in the Faubourg St. John area of New Orleans, LA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,703. What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 8.4/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 25% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,579
Renter share57.4%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$71,419

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Faubourg St. John
Very Low
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 184 tracts In New Orleans
Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 184 tracts In Orleans Parish
Low
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#677 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Orleans and the region

Centroid at 29.9805, -90.0949 · click any tract to drill in

Why Faubourg St. John scores 4.2

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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,405 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 Faubourg St. John compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Faubourg St. John risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0046005.3New Orleansparent city5.4Countyavg tract in county4.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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)

  • 97Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 2.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2008)
  • 8Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 22071004600
Filings dropped 38% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 46Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.77×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-03-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Faubourg St. John

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Orleans Parish average of 5.4.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against Orleans Parish at 51.4%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 97 filings here across 8 tracked years.

Average gross rent is $1,405, 12% above the New Orleans average. Filings peaked in 2008 at 6.5% 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.

Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 22071004600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22071004600?

Census tract 22071004600 in the Faubourg St. John neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 22071004600?

Median gross rent is $1,405/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 22071004600?

10.2% of residents in tract 22071004600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,703.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 22071004600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 4th, minority 22th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 22071004600 considered part of Faubourg St. John?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 22071004600 fall within Faubourg St. John (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 22071004600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 97 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 22071004600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.76% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 22071004600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (New Orleans eviction risk, LA), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 22071004600 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 22071004600 compare to New Orleans overall?

Tract 22071004600 scores 4.2/10, 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 22071004600 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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