Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Memphis Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47157021141 · Shelby County, TN · pop 7,594
With a score of $1/10, tract 47157021141 in Memphis in Shelby County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 7,594 residents. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,745 monthly, set against $88,604 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,797
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$88,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.1877, -89.7655 · click any tract to drill in
Why Memphis scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,745 rent vs county FMR
7.9
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 Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 1,380Total filings 2020-21
- 18.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 15.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×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 Memphis
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.9/10. 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.20x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 40th 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 47157021141
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021141?
Census tract 47157021141 in Memphis scores 3.2/10 (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 47157021141?
Median gross rent is $1,745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021141?
8.6% of residents in tract 47157021141 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,594.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021141?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 46th, minority 75th, housing 10th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 47157021141 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 47157021141 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157021141 scores 3.2/10, right in line with 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.
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