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Happy Holler Eviction Risk: Elevated , Knoxville

Tract 47093001400 · Knox County, TN · pop 2,279 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Here is how census tract 47093001400, in the Happy Holler neighborhood of Knoxville eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 3.7/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 2,279. It lands near the 7th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $865 monthly, set against $31,902 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 50% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units721
Renter share70.5%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate24.7%
Median income$31,902

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Happy Holler
Moderate
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 85 tracts In Knoxville
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 121 tracts In Knox County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 35.9782, -83.9467 · click any tract to drill in

Why Happy Holler scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Knoxville
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
24.7% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$865 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Knoxville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Knoxville
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Knoxville
2.5

How Happy Holler compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Happy Holler risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 001400Knoxville: 2.32.3Knoxvilleparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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 Happy Holler. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Happy Holler

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.2/10. 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 Knoxville 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 Knox County average of 3.9 and below the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 95% 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 47093001400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093001400?

Census tract 47093001400 in the Happy Holler neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 47093001400?

Median gross rent is $865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093001400?

24.7% of residents in tract 47093001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,279.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 98th, minority 66th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 47093001400 considered part of Happy Holler?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093001400 fall within Happy Holler (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47093001400 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093001400 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Knoxville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Knoxville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 47093001400 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. 95% 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.
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