Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Midtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis
Tract 47157003300 · Shelby County, TN · pop 2,220 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
In the Midtown neighborhood of Memphis, census tract 47157003300 scores 4.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,404 a month against an average household income of $104,605 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,180
Renter share19.3%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$104,605
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1282, -89.9987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Midtown scores 2.7
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
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,404 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 Midtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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.
- 23%Grade A
- 99%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)
- 48Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.07×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 Midtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Midtown
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.4/10. 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 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 1.07x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157003300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157003300?
Census tract 47157003300 in the Midtown neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (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 47157003300?
Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157003300?
3.3% of residents in tract 47157003300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157003300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 18th, minority 13th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 47157003300 considered part of Midtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157003300 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157003300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× 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 47157003300 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157003300 scores 2.7/10, lower 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 47157003300 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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