Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Covington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22103040601 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 4,361 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Covington
With a score of 4.2/10, tract 22103040601 in Covington, LA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,361 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,047
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$71,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Covington and the region
Centroid at 30.4317, -90.1296 · click any tract to drill in
Why Covington scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Covington
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Louisiana legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,464 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Covington
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Covington
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Covington
6.5
How Covington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Covington
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 2.1/10. Cost burden runs 54% here against 44.8% across St. Tammany Parish. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10. SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the St. Tammany Parish average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,464, close to the Covington average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $71,875.
55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 22103040601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040601?
Census tract 22103040601 in Covington 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 22103040601?
Median gross rent is $1,464/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22103040601?
11.9% of residents in tract 22103040601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,361.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22103040601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 57th, minority 23th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22103040601 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22103040601 compare to Covington overall?
Tract 22103040601 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Covington at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Covington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Covington
Top eight tracts in Covington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · LA
22103040501
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040608
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040204
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040602
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040205
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040402
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040401
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040607
3
/ 10 · Low
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