Tract 47037016100 ·
Davidson County, TN · pop 2,244 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Wedgewood-Houston in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) anchors census tract 47037016100, which lands at 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 31st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,342 a month while the average household earns $67,356 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%Stable renters 33%Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,302
Renter share68.2%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$67,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In Wedgewood-Houston
Very Low
Within parent city
64th percentile
#61 of 166 tracts In Nashville
Elevated
Within county
68th percentile
#56 of 174 tracts In Davidson County
Elevated
Within state
48th percentile
#890 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1355, -86.7685 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wedgewood-Houston scores 4
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,342 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Wedgewood-Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
78%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
69%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
30%Grade C
60%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)
367Total filings 2020-21
4.8Avg monthly (observed)
7.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 Wedgewood-Houston. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.3/10. 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 above the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 60% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037016100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037016100?
Census tract 47037016100 in the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 47037016100?
Median gross rent is $1,342/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037016100?
17.1% of residents in tract 47037016100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,244.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037016100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 12th, minority 69th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 47037016100 considered part of Wedgewood-Houston?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037016100 fall within Wedgewood-Houston (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037016100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 47037016100 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037016100 scores 4/10, higher 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 47037016100 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. 60% 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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