Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
New Heights District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Nashville
Tract 47037016000 · Davidson County, TN · pop 2,629 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 47037016000 sits in the New Heights District area of Nashville eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. Population here is 2,629. 41% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,232
Renter share76.6%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate44.1%
Median income$25,611
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1472, -86.7619 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Heights District scores 5.2
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
44.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 New Heights District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 100%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)
- 420Total filings 2020-21
- 5.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 19.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.28×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Nashville, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within New Heights District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Heights District
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Average gross rent is $825, 48% below the Nashville average.
The poverty rate is 44%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $25,611 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Davidson County at 46.0%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.7/10. Disability prevalence runs 43.6% against 31.5% nationally.
It sits 1.3 points above the Davidson County average of 3.9. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Nashville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037016000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037016000?
Census tract 47037016000 in the New Heights District 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 47037016000?
Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037016000?
44.1% of residents in tract 47037016000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,629.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037016000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 75th, minority 87th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 47037016000 considered part of New Heights District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037016000 fall within New Heights District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037016000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.28× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Nashville eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47037016000 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037016000 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.
Q8
Was tract 47037016000 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. 100% 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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