Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
East Memphis Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47157009400 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,354 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 47157009400 sits in the East Memphis area of Memphis eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,354. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,597
Renter share23.8%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$90,991
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.0992, -89.8994 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Memphis scores 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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,433 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 East Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 156Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×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 East Memphis. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Memphis
Cost burden runs 38% here against 48.3% across Shelby County. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,433, 21% above the Memphis average. It sits 1.3 points below the Shelby County average of 4.3.
Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $90,991.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157009400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157009400?
Census tract 47157009400 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 47157009400?
Median gross rent is $1,433/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157009400?
6.3% of residents in tract 47157009400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,354.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157009400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 58th, minority 30th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 47157009400 considered part of East Memphis?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157009400 fall within East Memphis (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47157009400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× 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 47157009400 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157009400 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.
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