Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Medical District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157003800 · Shelby County, TN · pop 650 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 47157003800, in Medical District in Memphis eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.3/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 650. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $898 monthly, set against $21,176 in average yearly household income, roughly 51% of income at the averages. Renters make up 98% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units430
Renter share98.4%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$21,176
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1416, -90.0283 · click any tract to drill in
Why Medical District scores 5.3
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
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$898 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 7%Grade C
- 93%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)
- 428Total filings 2020-21
- 5.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.94×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
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.4/10. 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 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 81st 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.94x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157003800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157003800?
Census tract 47157003800 in the Medical District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 47157003800?
Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157003800?
29.6% of residents in tract 47157003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157003800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 7th, minority 83th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 47157003800 considered part of Medical District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157003800 fall within Medical District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157003800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× 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 47157003800 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157003800 scores 5.3/10, 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 47157003800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 93% 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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