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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

East Memphis Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 47157008500 · Shelby County, TN · pop 4,379 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 47157008500 sits in the East Memphis area of Memphis eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 4,379 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
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 neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In East Memphis
Elevated
Within parent city
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#196 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#215 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,176 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
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 3

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
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.
East Memphis risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0085004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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

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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Shelby County average of 4.3.

The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Shelby County average of 48.3%. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10.

Rent consumes only 9% of average household income of $162,955, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,216, close to the Memphis average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

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 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 3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Memphis

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

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