Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 47157021020 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47157021020 · Shelby County, TN · pop 6,129
In Shelby in Shelby County, census tract 47157021020 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 31% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,353 monthly, set against $148,281 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,138
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$148,281
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelby County and the region
Centroid at 35.1258, -89.7002 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 47157021020 scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,353 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 47157021020 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 525Total filings 2020-21
- 6.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.17×Ratio to 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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 47157021020
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 set by Tennessee eviction laws law, 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 safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.17x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157021020
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021020?
Census tract 47157021020 in Shelby County scores 2.1/10 (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 47157021020?
Median gross rent is $1,353/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021020?
13.1% of residents in tract 47157021020 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,129.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021020?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 45th, minority 51th, housing 2th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 47157021020 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
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