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

Crosstown Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis

Tract 47157002600 · Shelby County, TN · pop 2,566 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 47157002600 sits in the Crosstown area of Memphis eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 21% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,207
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$83,607

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 10 tracts In Crosstown
Very Low
Within parent city
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#196 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#190 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 35.1481, -90.0040 · 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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,190 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.
Crosstown risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0026004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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)

  • 71Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.64×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

Against the Shelby County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Against Shelby County at 48.3%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $83,607, annual rent is just 17%. 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. Average gross rent is $1,190, close to the Memphis average. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47157002600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157002600?

Census tract 47157002600 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 47157002600?

Median gross rent is $1,190/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157002600?

8.5% of residents in tract 47157002600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,566.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157002600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 5th, minority 40th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 47157002600 considered part of Crosstown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157002600 fall within Crosstown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157002600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 47157002600 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157002600 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 47157002600 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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