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Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Covington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 22103040608 · St. Tammany Parish, LA · pop 4,219 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Covington

With a score of 4.5/10, tract 22103040608 in Covington ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,219 residents. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 22% of renter households, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,302 a month while the average household earns $71,979 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
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 parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Covington
High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 59 tracts In St. Tammany Parish
High
Within state
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#943 of 1,379 tracts In Louisiana
Low
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,763 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Covington and the region

Centroid at 30.4743, -90.0694 · click any tract to drill in

Why Covington scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Covington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 040608Covington: 2.52.5Covingtonparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.64.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Covington

The score leans hardest on 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.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 22103040608

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 22103040608?

Census tract 22103040608 in Covington scores 3.9/10 (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 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 3.9/10, 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.

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