Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Cockrill Bend Eviction Risk: Lower , Nashville
Tract 47037013001 · Davidson County, TN · pop 355 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 47037013001 (the Cockrill Bend area of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee) comes in at 4.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 68% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,869 monthly, set against $71,154 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units320
Renter share65.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$71,154
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1790, -86.8835 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cockrill Bend scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nashville
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,869 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nashville
1.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nashville
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nashville
3.1
How Cockrill Bend compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 2%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 114Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 28.53×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Nashville, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Cockrill Bend. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cockrill Bend
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Nashville eviction risk-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Davidson County average of 4.5 and in line with the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 28.53x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037013001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037013001?
Census tract 47037013001 in the Cockrill Bend neighborhood 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 47037013001?
Median gross rent is $1,869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037013001?
7.8% of residents in tract 47037013001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 355.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037013001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 0th, minority 42th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 47037013001 considered part of Cockrill Bend?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037013001 fall within Cockrill Bend (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037013001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 28.53× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Nashville eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47037013001 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037013001 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Nashville at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nashville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 47037013001 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 2% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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