Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Binghampton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157003000 · Shelby County, TN · pop 2,509 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 47157003000 covers part of the Binghampton area of Memphis, TN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,509 residents. 42% 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
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,521
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate29.7%
Median income$45,449
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1355, -89.9541 · 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
29.7% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$793 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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.
- 18%Grade A
- 65%Grade B
- 6%Grade C
- 10%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)
- 368Total filings 2020-21
- 4.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.09×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 Binghampton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Binghampton
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Average gross rent is $793, 33% below the Memphis average.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 57% here against 48.3% across Shelby County.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. 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.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157003000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157003000?
Census tract 47157003000 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 47157003000?
Median gross rent is $793/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157003000?
29.7% of residents in tract 47157003000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157003000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 78th, minority 59th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 47157003000 considered part of Binghampton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157003000 fall within Binghampton (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157003000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.09× 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 47157003000 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157003000 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 47157003000 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. 10% 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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