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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Greenwood Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Knoxville

Tract 47093004608 · Knox County, TN · pop 2,803 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 47093004608 covers part of the Greenwood Heights area of Knoxville, TN, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,803 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 9% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,100
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$72,143

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Greenwood Heights
Very High
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 85 tracts In Knoxville
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 121 tracts In Knox County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#551 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 35.9711, -84.0268 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenwood Heights scores 4.3

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
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,352 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Greenwood Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greenwood Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 0046083.4Knoxvilleparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Greenwood Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenwood Heights

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Average gross rent is $1,352, 14% above the Knoxville average. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters. It tracks the Knox County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $72,143.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 47093004608

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093004608?

Census tract 47093004608 in the Greenwood Heights neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 47093004608?

Median gross rent is $1,352/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093004608?

18.7% of residents in tract 47093004608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,803.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093004608?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 16th, minority 26th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 47093004608 considered part of Greenwood Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093004608 fall within Greenwood Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47093004608 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093004608 scores 4.3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

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