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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Raleigh Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157020542 · Shelby County, TN · pop 5,767 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 47157020542 covers part of the Raleigh area of Memphis, TN, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 34% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units2,250
Renter share77.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$38,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Raleigh
Very High
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#106 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#107 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#231 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.1975, -89.9069 · click any tract to drill in

Why Raleigh scores 5.1

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
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,010 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Raleigh compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Raleigh risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0205424.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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)

  • 2,970Total filings 2020-21
  • 39.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 38.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.03×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 Raleigh. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Raleigh

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Shelby County average of 48.3%.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,010, 14% below the Memphis average.

It sits 0.8 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $38,750.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47157020542

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157020542?

Census tract 47157020542 in the Raleigh neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 47157020542?

Median gross rent is $1,010/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157020542?

17.4% of residents in tract 47157020542 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,767.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157020542?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 73th, minority 98th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 47157020542 considered part of Raleigh?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157020542 fall within Raleigh (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157020542 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.03× 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 47157020542 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157020542 scores 5.1/10, higher 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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