Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally

Lookout Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 47065012000 · Hamilton County, TN · pop 2,128

Census tract 47065012000 sits in Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. It lands near the 5th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,465 monthly, set against $195,063 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.4

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 5% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units803

Renter share7.0%

SVI overall0.01

Poverty rate2.0%

Median income$195,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lookout Mountain and the region

Centroid at 34.9945, -85.3516 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lookout Mountain scores 1.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lookout Mountain

5.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.5

State political climate

Tennessee legislature & governorship

1.9

Economic stress

2.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,465 rent vs county FMR

5.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lookout Mountain

2.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lookout Mountain

2.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lookout Mountain

2.4

How Lookout Mountain compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

0%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
2%Racial/ethnic minority
3%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

45%Grade A
25%Grade B
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lookout Mountain

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.3/10. 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 Lookout Mountain, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st 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.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 47065012000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47065012000?

Census tract 47065012000 in Lookout Mountain scores 1.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 47065012000?

Median gross rent is $1,465/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47065012000?

2.0% of residents in tract 47065012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,128.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47065012000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 44th, minority 2th, housing 3th.

How does tract 47065012000 compare to Lookout Mountain overall?

Tract 47065012000 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Lookout Mountain at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lookout Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 47065012000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.