Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Beale Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157011402 ·
Shelby County, TN · pop 3,542 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Eviction risk in the Beale Street Historic District area of Memphis centers on tract 47157011402, which scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,542 residents. On the national scale it ranks #34,131 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,056 monthly, set against $33,538 in average yearly household income, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%Stable renters 41%Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,066
Renter share95.5%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate39.2%
Median income$33,538
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 6 tracts In Beale Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
90th percentile
#21 of 197 tracts In Memphis
High
Within county
95th percentile
#13 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Very High
Within state
94th percentile
#110 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1365, -90.0492 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beale Street Historic District scores 5.9
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
39.2% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$1,056 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
76%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
0%Grade C
100%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)
1,003Total filings 2020-21
13.2Avg 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 9.8/10. 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 above 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 100% 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 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157011402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157011402?
Census tract 47157011402 in the Beale Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 47157011402?
Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157011402?
39.2% of residents in tract 47157011402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,542.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157011402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 27th, minority 84th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 47157011402 considered part of Beale Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157011402 fall within Beale Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 47157011402 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157011402 scores 5.9/10, 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 47157011402 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. 100% 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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