Hixson Eviction Risk: Lower , Chattanooga

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 40.3% across Hamilton County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. At $1,401 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Chattanooga commands. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 4.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Hamilton County average of 3.9 closely.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $72,386. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.