Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Smithwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Knoxville

Tract 47093004100 · Knox County, TN · pop 4,649 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Smithwood area of Knoxville anchors census tract 47093004100, which lands at 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 3% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,087 monthly, set against $54,605 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 35% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units2,280

Renter share50.7%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate6.1%

Median income$54,605

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 36.0234, -83.9355 · click any tract to drill in

Why Smithwood scores 4.5

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

6.1% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,087 rent vs county FMR

2.0

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 Smithwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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

61%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
16%Grade B
2%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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Smithwood

What moves this score most is housing court bias at 2.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd 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.

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

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 47093004100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093004100?

Census tract 47093004100 in the Smithwood neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 47093004100?

Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093004100?

6.1% of residents in tract 47093004100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,649.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093004100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 38th, minority 40th, housing 48th.

Is tract 47093004100 considered part of Smithwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093004100 fall within Smithwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 47093004100 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093004100 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Was tract 47093004100 historically redlined?

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

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