Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Harbor Town Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis
Tract 47157000100 · Shelby County, TN · pop 5,173 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
In the Harbor Town neighborhood of Memphis, census tract 47157000100 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,679 a month against an average household income of $70,060 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units3,245
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$70,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1746, -90.0518 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harbor Town scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Memphis
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,679 rent vs county FMR
7.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Memphis
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Memphis
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Memphis
4.5
How Harbor Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 22%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 465Total filings 2020-21
- 6.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.30×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Harbor Town. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harbor Town
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.4/10. 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 Memphis 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 Shelby County average of 4.9 and above the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.30x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 22% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157000100?
Census tract 47157000100 in the Harbor Town neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 47157000100?
Median gross rent is $1,679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157000100?
9.7% of residents in tract 47157000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,173.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 2th, minority 45th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 47157000100 considered part of Harbor Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157000100 fall within Harbor Town (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157000100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.30× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47157000100 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157000100 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Memphis at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Memphis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 47157000100 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. 22% 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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