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

Berclair Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis

Tract 47157008600 · Shelby County, TN · pop 5,824 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

47157008600 is a census tract in the Berclair area of Memphis, TN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,824 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.2/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 22% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,497
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$98,384

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Berclair
Low
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#186 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#214 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 35.1400, -89.9132 · click any tract to drill in

Why Berclair 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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,166 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Berclair compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Berclair risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0086004.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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)

  • 635Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.06×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Berclair. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Berclair

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Shelby County average of 48.3%. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

It sits 1.3 points below the Shelby County average of 4.3. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $98,384, 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 household composition measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $1,166, close to the Memphis average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157008600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157008600?

Census tract 47157008600 in the Berclair 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 47157008600?

Median gross rent is $1,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157008600?

4.9% of residents in tract 47157008600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,824.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157008600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 25th, minority 27th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 47157008600 considered part of Berclair?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157008600 fall within Berclair (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157008600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.06× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 47157008600 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157008600 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.
Q8

Was tract 47157008600 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.
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Top eight tracts in Memphis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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