Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47157020837 · Shelby County, TN · pop 7,402 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Lakeland
How risky is Lakeland in Shelby County for landlords? Census tract 47157020837 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,466 a month against an average household income of $90,135 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,980
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$90,135
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakeland and the region
Centroid at 35.2385, -89.6876 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeland scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lakeland
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,466 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakeland
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakeland
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakeland
4.4
How Lakeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 263Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeland
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lakeland 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th 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 47157020837
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157020837?
Census tract 47157020837 in Lakeland scores 2/10 (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 47157020837?
Median gross rent is $1,466/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157020837?
3.7% of residents in tract 47157020837 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,402.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157020837?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 61th, minority 44th, housing 40th.
Q5
How does tract 47157020837 compare to Lakeland overall?
Tract 47157020837 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Lakeland at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakeland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lakeland
Top eight tracts in Lakeland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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