Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Bell Crest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Nashville
Tract 47037019118 · Davidson County, TN · pop 5,135 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
For landlords sizing up Bell Crest in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), census tract 47037019118 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. It lands near the 20th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,313 a month against an average household income of $58,911 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,456
Renter share72.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$58,911
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.0383, -86.6692 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bell Crest scores 4.3
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
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Bell Crest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,783Total filings 2020-21
- 23.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 22.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.02×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Nashville, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bell Crest
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.4/10. 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 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 Black and White and ranks around the 61st 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.02x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037019118
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037019118?
Census tract 47037019118 in the Bell Crest neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 47037019118?
Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037019118?
17.8% of residents in tract 47037019118 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,135.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037019118?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 67th, minority 79th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 47037019118 considered part of Bell Crest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037019118 fall within Bell Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037019118 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.02× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Nashville eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47037019118 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037019118 scores 4.3/10, 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.
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
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