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Cedar Flats Eviction Risk: Moderate , Knoxville

Tract 47093004900 · Knox County, TN · pop 6,202 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 47093004900 sits in the Cedar Flats area of Knoxville eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 6,202 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 17% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,585
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate22.8%
Median income$62,109

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Cedar Flats
Moderate
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 85 tracts In Knoxville
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#21 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 36.0269, -83.9729 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cedar Flats 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
22.8% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,226 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Cedar Flats compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cedar Flats risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0049003.4Knoxvilleparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cedar Flats

59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Knox County average of 40.9%. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Knox County average of 3.7.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, 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.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,226, close to the Knoxville average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $62,109.

40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47093004900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093004900?

Census tract 47093004900 in the Cedar Flats 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 47093004900?

Median gross rent is $1,226/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093004900?

22.8% of residents in tract 47093004900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,202.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093004900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 88th, minority 43th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 47093004900 considered part of Cedar Flats?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093004900 fall within Cedar Flats (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47093004900 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093004900 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.
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