Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Knoxville

Tract 47093007100 · Knox County, TN · pop 3,969 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 47093007100 covers the Forest Heights area of Knoxville in Tennessee. Home to 3,969 residents, it scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,209 a month while the average household earns $128,875 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 16% Owners 64%

Tract context

Occupied units1,745

Renter share36.2%

SVI overall0.13

Poverty rate8.8%

Median income$128,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 35.9352, -83.9731 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Heights scores 3.3

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

8.8% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,209 rent vs county FMR

2.8

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 Forest Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

17%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

63%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Forest Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Heights

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 2.8/10. 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 riskier side for landlords.

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

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 47093007100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093007100?

Census tract 47093007100 in the Forest Heights neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 47093007100?

Median gross rent is $1,209/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093007100?

8.8% of residents in tract 47093007100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,969.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093007100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 13th, minority 23th, housing 27th.

Is tract 47093007100 considered part of Forest Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093007100 fall within Forest Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 47093007100 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093007100 scores 3.3/10, 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 47093007100 historically redlined?

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

Sibling tracts

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