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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

North Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 47157000600 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,579 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 47157000600 sits in the North Memphis area of Memphis eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 1,579. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5.4
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 neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In North Memphis
Elevated
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#36 of 197 tracts In Memphis
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
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 5.4

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
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.
North Memphis risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0006004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 237Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.99×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against Shelby County at 48.3%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Disability prevalence runs 51.5% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $26,103 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Average gross rent is $818, 31% below the Memphis average.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Against the Shelby County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Memphis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

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 5.4/10 (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 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Memphis at 4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Memphis

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

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