Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Binghampton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157001300 · Shelby County, TN · pop 2,680 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 47157001300 in the Binghampton area of Memphis, TN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,680. The severe-burden share is 29%, 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 17%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,101
Renter share50.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate36.4%
Median income$45,721
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1564, -89.9505 · click any tract to drill in
Why Binghampton scores 5.4
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
36.4% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$957 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Binghampton 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
- 33%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 99%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 605Total filings 2020-21
- 8.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×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 Binghampton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Binghampton
Cost burden runs 34% here against 48.3% across Shelby County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 51.1% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.3% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.
At $957 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Memphis commands. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.
That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157001300?
Census tract 47157001300 in the Binghampton 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 47157001300?
Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157001300?
36.4% of residents in tract 47157001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 33th, minority 91th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 47157001300 considered part of Binghampton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157001300 fall within Binghampton (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157001300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 47157001300 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157001300 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 47157001300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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