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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

West Haven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Knoxville

Tract 47093002700 · Knox County, TN · pop 2,401 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 47093002700 sits in the West Haven area of Knoxville eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 2,401. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 26% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,000
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate31.4%
Median income$46,810

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In West Haven
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 85 tracts In Knoxville
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 121 tracts In Knox County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#314 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 35.9683, -83.9641 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Haven scores 4.8

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
31.4% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,063 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 West Haven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Haven risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0027003.4Knoxvilleparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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 West Haven. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Haven

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Disability prevalence runs 48.2% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Cost burden runs 50% here against 40.9% across Knox County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Against the Knox County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.6% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,063, 11% below the Knoxville average.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Knoxville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 47093002700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093002700?

Census tract 47093002700 in the West Haven neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 47093002700?

Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093002700?

31.4% of residents in tract 47093002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,401.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 98th, minority 54th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 47093002700 considered part of West Haven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093002700 fall within West Haven (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47093002700 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093002700 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Knoxville at 3.4/10. 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 47093002700 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. 27% 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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