Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Medical District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157003700 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,203 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 47157003700, home to 1,203 residents in Medical District in Memphis, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $763 a month while the average household earns $22,650 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 54%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units790
Renter share99.6%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate41.4%
Median income$22,650
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1356, -90.0280 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medical District scores 5.7
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
41.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$763 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 Medical District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 100%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)
- 459Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Medical District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Medical District
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 97th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157003700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157003700?
Census tract 47157003700 in the Medical District neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 47157003700?
Median gross rent is $763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157003700?
41.4% of residents in tract 47157003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157003700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 53th, minority 82th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 47157003700 considered part of Medical District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157003700 fall within Medical District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157003700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47157003700 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157003700 scores 5.7/10, 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 47157003700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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