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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

North Chattanooga Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 47065000800 · Hamilton County, TN · pop 1,921 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 47065000800 covers North Chattanooga in Chattanooga in Tennessee. Home to 1,921 residents, it scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,392 monthly, set against $54,792 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 39% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,125
Renter share63.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$54,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In North Chattanooga
High
Within parent city
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 54 tracts In Chattanooga
Moderate
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#29 of 87 tracts In Hamilton County
Elevated
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#560 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chattanooga and the region

Centroid at 35.0681, -85.3143 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Chattanooga scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chattanooga
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,392 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chattanooga
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chattanooga
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chattanooga
3.0

How North Chattanooga compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Chattanooga risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 000800Chattanooga: 2.52.5Chattanoogaparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Chattanooga. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Chattanooga

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.8/10. 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 Chattanooga eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hamilton County average of 4.3 and in line with the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 64% 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 47065000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47065000800?

Census tract 47065000800 in the North Chattanooga neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 47065000800?

Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47065000800?

12.9% of residents in tract 47065000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,921.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47065000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 20th, minority 35th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 47065000800 considered part of North Chattanooga?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47065000800 fall within North Chattanooga (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47065000800 compare to Chattanooga overall?

Tract 47065000800 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Chattanooga at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chattanooga eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 47065000800 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. 64% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chattanooga

Top eight tracts in Chattanooga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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