Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
West Nashville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47037013202 ·
Davidson County, TN · pop 3,637 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
How risky is the West Nashville neighborhood of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) for landlords? Census tract 47037013202 scores 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 17% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,712 a month against an average household income of $96,685 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%Stable renters 19%Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,626
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$96,685
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#3 of 5 tracts In West Nashville
Moderate
Within parent city
18th percentile
#137 of 166 tracts In Nashville
Very Low
Within county
20th percentile
#139 of 174 tracts In Davidson County
Low
Within state
18th percentile
#1,398 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1603, -86.8704 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Nashville scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,712 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 West Nashville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
46%Socioeconomic
22%Household composition
36%Racial/ethnic minority
11%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
76%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)
117Total filings 2020-21
1.5Avg monthly (observed)
1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.89×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Nashville, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Nashville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.4/10. 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 safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 76% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037013202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037013202?
Census tract 47037013202 in the West Nashville neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 47037013202?
Median gross rent is $1,712/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037013202?
3.7% of residents in tract 47037013202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037013202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 22th, minority 36th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 47037013202 considered part of West Nashville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037013202 fall within West Nashville (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037013202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Nashville eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47037013202 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037013202 scores 2.6/10, right in line with 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 47037013202 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. 76% 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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