Within neighborhood
22
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Crosstown Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis
Tract 47157001700 · Shelby County, TN · pop 4,032 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 47157001700 in Crosstown in Memphis ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,032 residents. That is riskier than about 25% of US census tracts.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,330 a month while the average household earns $60,817 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,950
Renter share39.4%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$60,817
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1586, -90.0043 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crosstown scores 3.9
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,330 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 228Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×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 Crosstown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crosstown
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Shelby County average of 4.9 and in line with the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.74x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157001700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157001700?
Census tract 47157001700 in the Crosstown neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 47157001700?
Median gross rent is $1,330/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157001700?
9.6% of residents in tract 47157001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,032.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157001700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 8th, minority 73th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 47157001700 considered part of Crosstown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157001700 fall within Crosstown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157001700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 47157001700 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157001700 scores 3.9/10, 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 47157001700 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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