Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47037016900 · Davidson County, TN · pop 4,964 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
In the Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN area of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), census tract 47037016900 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #74,444 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,434 a month while the average household earns $130,726 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,203
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$130,726
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1248, -86.8015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN scores 1.9
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 91%Grade B
- 9%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 35Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.97×Ratio to baseline
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 Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037016900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037016900?
Census tract 47037016900 in the Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 47037016900?
Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037016900?
3.4% of residents in tract 47037016900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,964.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037016900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 1th, minority 23th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 47037016900 considered part of Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037016900 fall within Melrose/Waverly Nashville TN (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037016900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× 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 47037016900 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037016900 scores 1.9/10, 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 47037016900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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