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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally

Orange Mound Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis

Tract 47157007100 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,112 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 47157007100 covers the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis, home to 3,112 residents. For landlords it grades 4.6/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #63,279 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,206 a month against an average household income of $116,417 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 11% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,125
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$116,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In Orange Mound
Very Low
Within parent city
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#187 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Very Low
Within county
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#201 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Very Low
Within state
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#1,398 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.1242, -89.9641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Orange Mound scores 2.6

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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,206 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Orange Mound compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Orange Mound risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 007100Memphis: 3.13.1Memphisparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 129Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2020-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-08-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2020-11-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-04-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-08-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-07-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-08-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-09-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 3 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-06-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 4 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2024-01-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-02-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 4 filings (2.67× baseline)2024-04-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2024-05-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2024-08-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-12-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-02-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-06-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2025-07-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-08-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 6 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Orange Mound. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Orange Mound

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.81x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157007100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157007100?

Census tract 47157007100 in the Orange Mound neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 47157007100?

Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157007100?

4.8% of residents in tract 47157007100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,112.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157007100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 9th, minority 55th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 47157007100 considered part of Orange Mound?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157007100 fall within Orange Mound (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157007100 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 47157007100 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157007100 scores 2.6/10, 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 47157007100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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