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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Merry Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Nashville

Tract 47037015100 · Davidson County, TN · pop 3,809 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

47037015100 is a census tract in the Merry Oaks area of Nashville, TN. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,809 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.5/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 19% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,792
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$69,853

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Merry Oaks
Very Low
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#109 of 166 tracts In Nashville
Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 174 tracts In Davidson County
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#1,018 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Nashville and the region

Centroid at 36.1576, -86.6772 · click any tract to drill in

Why Merry Oaks scores 3.3

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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,354 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Merry Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Merry Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0151003.8Nashvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

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)

  • 378Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.08×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Merry Oaks. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Merry Oaks

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.7/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Davidson County average of 46.0%.

At $1,354 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Nashville commands. It sits 0.6 points below the Davidson County average of 3.9. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $69,853.

33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 47037015100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037015100?

Census tract 47037015100 in the Merry Oaks neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 47037015100?

Median gross rent is $1,354/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47037015100?

6.0% of residents in tract 47037015100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,809.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47037015100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 55th, minority 45th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 47037015100 considered part of Merry Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037015100 fall within Merry Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47037015100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.08× 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 47037015100 compare to Nashville overall?

Tract 47037015100 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Nashville at 3.8/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Nashville

Top eight tracts in Nashville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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