Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chattanooga

Tract 47065001100 · Hamilton County, TN · pop 1,808 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 47065001100, home to 1,808 residents in the Highland Park area of Chattanooga, scores 4.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #65,544 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $935 a month while the average household earns $54,674 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 28% Owners 58%

Tract context

Occupied units644

Renter share42.1%

SVI overall0.69

Poverty rate35.7%

Median income$54,674

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chattanooga and the region

Centroid at 35.0397, -85.2806 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Park scores 5.9

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

35.7% poverty · this tract

8.9

Supply constraint

$935 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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 Highland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

65%Socioeconomic
34%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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
33%Grade C
50%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highland Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Park

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.9/10. 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 69th 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 50% 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 47065001100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47065001100?

Census tract 47065001100 in the Highland Park neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 47065001100?

Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47065001100?

35.7% of residents in tract 47065001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,808.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47065001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 34th, minority 75th, housing 77th.

Is tract 47065001100 considered part of Highland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47065001100 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 47065001100 compare to Chattanooga overall?

Tract 47065001100 scores 5.9/10, 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.

Was tract 47065001100 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. 50% 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.