Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Covington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22103040602 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 2,688
22103040602 is a census tract in Covington, LA. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,688. Against St. Tammany Parish at 44.8%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
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
60
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 30.4628, -90.1063 · 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
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
Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 2.1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,632, 17% above the Covington average.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the St. Tammany Parish average of 4.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $87,537. 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 22103040602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040602?
Census tract 22103040602 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 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 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.
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22103040501
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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22103040608
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040204
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040601
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040205
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040402
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040607
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · LA
22103040401
3
/ 10 · Low
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