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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Hickory Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157021725 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,977 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 47157021725 sits in the Hickory Hill area of Memphis eviction risk, TN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 55% Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units2,125
Renter share92.9%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$42,345

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Hickory Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#121 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Low
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#123 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Moderate
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#418 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.0642, -89.8510 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hickory Hill scores 4.6

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
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,062 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 Hickory Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hickory Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0217254.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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)

  • 4,357Total filings 2020-21
  • 57.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 69.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.82×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hickory Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hickory Hill

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

Against Shelby County at 48.3%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,062, 10% below the Memphis average.

On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Shelby County average of 4.3 closely. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $42,345.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157021725

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021725?

Census tract 47157021725 in the Hickory Hill neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 47157021725?

Median gross rent is $1,062/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021725?

13.9% of residents in tract 47157021725 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,977.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021725?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 35th, minority 94th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 47157021725 considered part of Hickory Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157021725 fall within Hickory Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157021725 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 47157021725 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157021725 scores 4.6/10, 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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