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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Leisure Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Nashville

Tract 47037015628 · Davidson County, TN · pop 4,172 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

47037015628 is a census tract in the Leisure Heights area of Nashville, TN. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,172 residents. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 40% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,817
Renter share76.9%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$66,558

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Leisure Heights
Very High
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#16 of 166 tracts In Nashville
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#16 of 174 tracts In Davidson County
Very High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Nashville and the region

Centroid at 36.0532, -86.6572 · click any tract to drill in

Why Leisure Heights scores 5.2

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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,484 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Leisure Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Leisure Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0156283.8Nashvilleparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 1,536Total filings 2020-21
  • 20.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 13.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.44×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 Leisure Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Leisure Heights

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.7/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.3 points above the Davidson County average of 3.9. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 19.6% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,484, close to the Nashville average.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $66,558.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 47037015628

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037015628?

Census tract 47037015628 in the Leisure Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 47037015628?

Median gross rent is $1,484/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47037015628?

23.6% of residents in tract 47037015628 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,172.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47037015628?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 85th, minority 90th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 47037015628 considered part of Leisure Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037015628 fall within Leisure Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47037015628 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.44× 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 47037015628 compare to Nashville overall?

Tract 47037015628 scores 5.2/10, higher 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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