Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Covington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 22103040602 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 2,688
Census tract 22103040602 covers Covington in St. Tammany County, home to 2,688 residents. For landlords it grades 4.6/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #62,429 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,632 a month while the average household earns $87,537 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,137
Renter share40.8%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$87,537
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Covington and the region
Centroid at 30.4628, -90.1063 · click any tract to drill in
Why Covington scores 3.4
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
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,632 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Covington
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Covington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the St. Tammany County average of 4.7 and below the Louisiana statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 22103040602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040602?
Census tract 22103040602 in Covington scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 22103040602?
Median gross rent is $1,632/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22103040602?
15.8% of residents in tract 22103040602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,688.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22103040602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 99th, minority 28th, housing 19th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22103040602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22103040602 compare to Covington overall?
Tract 22103040602 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Covington at 2.5/10. 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
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040608
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040204
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040601
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040205
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040402
2.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040401
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040607
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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