Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
North Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 47157000600 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,579 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 47157000600 sits in the North Memphis neighborhood of Memphis eviction risk, Tennessee eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. That is riskier than about 41% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $818 a month against an average household income of $26,103 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units704
Renter share52.3%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate45.0%
Median income$26,103
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1837, -89.9991 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Memphis scores 5.8
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
45.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$818 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 North Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 5%Grade C
- 46%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)
- 237Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.99×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Memphis. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Memphis
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 79th 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 46% 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 47157000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157000600?
Census tract 47157000600 in the North Memphis neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 47157000600?
Median gross rent is $818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157000600?
45.0% of residents in tract 47157000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,579.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 91th, minority 100th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 47157000600 considered part of North Memphis?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157000600 fall within North Memphis (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157000600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.99× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47157000600 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157000600 scores 5.8/10, 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 47157000600 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. 46% 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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