Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Covington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 22103040608 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 4,219 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Covington
Census tract 22103040608 covers part of Covington, LA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,219 residents. about one in five of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the St. Tammany Parish average of 44.8%.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,623
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$71,979
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Covington and the region
Centroid at 30.4743, -90.0694 · click any tract to drill in
Why Covington scores 5
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
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,302 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Covington
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.0 points above the St. Tammany Parish average of 4.0. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,302, close to the Covington average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $71,979.
34% 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 22103040608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040608?
Census tract 22103040608 in Covington scores 5/10 (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 22103040608?
Median gross rent is $1,302/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 22103040608?
19.2% of residents in tract 22103040608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,219.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 22103040608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 95th, minority 61th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 22103040608 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 22103040608 compare to Covington overall?
Tract 22103040608 scores 5/10, higher than 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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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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22103040204
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040601
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040602
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · LA
22103040205
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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22103040402
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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22103040401
3
/ 10 · Low
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