Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Crosstown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157002000 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,312 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 47157002000, home to 1,312 residents in Crosstown in Memphis, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #40,446 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 71% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,154 a month against an average household income of $35,069 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 69% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units593
Renter share69.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate30.9%
Median income$35,069
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1609, -90.0330 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crosstown scores 5.5
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
30.9% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 310Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.25×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Shelby County average of 4.9 and above the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.25x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157002000?
Census tract 47157002000 in the Crosstown neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 47157002000?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157002000?
30.9% of residents in tract 47157002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,312.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 45th, minority 90th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 47157002000 considered part of Crosstown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157002000 fall within Crosstown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157002000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.25× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47157002000 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157002000 scores 5.5/10, 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 47157002000 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. 100% 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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