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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Crosstown Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis

Tract 47157001600 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,191 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 47157001600 covers part of the Crosstown area of Memphis, TN, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,191 residents. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 6% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units888
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$105,952

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Crosstown
Very Low
Within parent city
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Very Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#169 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,176 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.1496, -89.9923 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crosstown scores 3

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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,685 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Crosstown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crosstown risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0016004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 34Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.62×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above 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

Against Shelby County at 48.3%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,685, 43% above the Memphis average. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. The voucher gap is 24.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Shelby County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.

On the high side, supply constraint reads 7.4/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $105,952.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47157001600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157001600?

Census tract 47157001600 in the Crosstown neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 47157001600?

Median gross rent is $1,685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157001600?

12.9% of residents in tract 47157001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,191.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 6th, minority 47th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 47157001600 considered part of Crosstown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157001600 fall within Crosstown (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157001600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 47157001600 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157001600 scores 3/10, lower 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 47157001600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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