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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Crosstown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157003400 · Shelby County, TN · pop 2,443 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 47157003400 sits in the Crosstown area of Memphis eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. Population here is 2,443. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 44% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share69.3%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$50,559

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 10 tracts In Crosstown
Low
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#129 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Low
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#130 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Moderate
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#505 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.1376, -90.0078 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crosstown scores 4.4

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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$932 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 / state4.4This tracttract 0034004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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)

  • 502Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.14×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Shelby County average of 48.3%. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. At $932 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Memphis commands. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

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 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Shelby County average of 4.3 closely.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $50,559.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47157003400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157003400?

Census tract 47157003400 in the Crosstown neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 47157003400?

Median gross rent is $932/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157003400?

14.7% of residents in tract 47157003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,443.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157003400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 1th, minority 60th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 47157003400 considered part of Crosstown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157003400 fall within Crosstown (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157003400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.14× 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 47157003400 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157003400 scores 4.4/10, 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 47157003400 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Memphis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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