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

Crosstown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157000700 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,793 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

47157000700 is a census tract in the Crosstown area of Memphis, TN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 28% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,887
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$29,448

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 10 tracts In Crosstown
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#58 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#67 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 35.1673, -89.9958 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crosstown 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
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$860 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Crosstown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crosstown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0007004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 2,112Total filings 2020-21
  • 27.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 33.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.82×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 Crosstown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crosstown

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.3/10. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $29,448, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $860, 27% below the Memphis average.

Disability prevalence runs 44.7% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Shelby County average of 48.3%. 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157000700?

Census tract 47157000700 in the Crosstown 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 47157000700?

Median gross rent is $860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157000700?

30.0% of residents in tract 47157000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,793.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 35th, minority 94th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 47157000700 considered part of Crosstown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157000700 fall within Crosstown (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157000700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 47157000700 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157000700 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 47157000700 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. 63% 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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Top eight tracts in Memphis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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