Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
East Memphis Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47157008500 · Shelby County, TN · pop 4,379 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 47157008500 belongs to the East Memphis area of Memphis, Tennessee. It is home to 4,379 residents and scores 4.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,216 a month against an average household income of $162,955 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,722
Renter share18.4%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$162,955
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1202, -89.9119 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Memphis scores 2.3
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
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,216 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 East Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
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)
- 181Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 7.54×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Memphis. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Memphis
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 7.54x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th 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 47157008500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157008500?
Census tract 47157008500 in the East Memphis neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 47157008500?
Median gross rent is $1,216/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157008500?
6.6% of residents in tract 47157008500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,379.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157008500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 34th, minority 21th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 47157008500 considered part of East Memphis?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157008500 fall within East Memphis (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157008500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 7.54× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47157008500 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157008500 scores 2.3/10, 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.
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