Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Beale Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157011401 ·
Shelby County, TN · pop 1,332 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Beale Street Historic District in Memphis anchors census tract 47157011401, which lands at 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #46,568 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,028 a month against an average household income of $37,866 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%Stable renters 53%Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units679
Renter share95.9%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate29.7%
Median income$37,866
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20th percentile
#5 of 6 tracts In Beale Street Historic District
Low
Within parent city
64th percentile
#72 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Elevated
Within county
73th percentile
#67 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
86th percentile
#237 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1364, -90.0408 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beale Street Historic District scores 5.5
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
29.7% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,028 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Beale Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
68%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
5%Grade C
92%Grade D · redlined
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)
480Total filings 2020-21
6.3Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Beale Street Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Beale Street Historic District
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the Shelby County average of 4.9 and above the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 92% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157011401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157011401?
Census tract 47157011401 in the Beale Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 47157011401?
Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157011401?
29.7% of residents in tract 47157011401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,332.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157011401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 62th, minority 83th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 47157011401 considered part of Beale Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157011401 fall within Beale Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 47157011401 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157011401 scores 5.5/10, higher 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.
Q7
Was tract 47157011401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 92% 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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