Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
West Nashville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47037013400 ·
Davidson County, TN · pop 4,642 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Here is how census tract 47037013400, in West Nashville in Nashville eviction risk-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), looks to a landlord: a 4.5/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,642. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,858 monthly, set against $119,119 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 14%Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,057
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$119,119
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#5 of 5 tracts In West Nashville
Very Low
Within parent city
6th percentile
#156 of 166 tracts In Nashville
Very Low
Within county
9th percentile
#159 of 174 tracts In Davidson County
Very Low
Within state
11th percentile
#1,513 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1447, -86.8427 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Nashville scores 2.1
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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,858 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 West Nashville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
13%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
16%Racial/ethnic minority
13%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.
1%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
98%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)
60Total filings 2020-21
0.8Avg monthly (observed)
1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×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 heaviest input here 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 98% 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 2nd 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 47037013400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037013400?
Census tract 47037013400 in the West Nashville neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 47037013400?
Median gross rent is $1,858/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037013400?
2.1% of residents in tract 47037013400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,642.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037013400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 2th, minority 16th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 47037013400 considered part of West Nashville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037013400 fall within West Nashville (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037013400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× 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 47037013400 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037013400 scores 2.1/10, lower 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 47037013400 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. 98% 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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