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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Harbor Town Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157000300 · Shelby County, TN · pop 645 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 4.1/10 for census tract 47157000300 reflects conditions in the Harbor Town area of Memphis, Tennessee. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 12% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,138 monthly, set against $38,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 30% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units250
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate26.3%
Median income$38,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Harbor Town
Moderate
Within parent city
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#103 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Moderate
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#412 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.1768, -90.0293 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harbor Town scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
26.3% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,138 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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.
Harbor Town risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 000300Memphis: 3.13.1Memphisparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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.

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)

  • 72Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.09×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2020-04-01: 3 filings (12.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 3 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 4 filings (16.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-04-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2024-10-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2025-06-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 3 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2025-12-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near 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

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.6/10. 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 below the Shelby County average of 4.9 and in line with the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 50% 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 47157000300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157000300?

Census tract 47157000300 in the Harbor Town neighborhood scores 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 47157000300?

Median gross rent is $1,138/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157000300?

26.3% of residents in tract 47157000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 645.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 80th, minority 99th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 47157000300 considered part of Harbor Town?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157000300 fall within Harbor Town (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157000300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.09× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 47157000300 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157000300 scores 5/10, 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 47157000300 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. 50% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Memphis

Top eight tracts in Memphis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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