Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 47157021746 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,910
Tract 47157021746 covers Memphis in Tennessee. Home to 3,910 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 34% of US census tracts.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,288 a month while the average household earns $53,214 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$53,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.0393, -89.8375 · click any tract to drill in
Why Memphis scores 4.3
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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,288 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 1,037Total filings 2020-21
- 13.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.97×Ratio to 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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Memphis
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 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 0.97x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157021746
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021746?
Census tract 47157021746 in Memphis scores 4.3/10 (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 47157021746?
Median gross rent is $1,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021746?
13.0% of residents in tract 47157021746 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,910.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021746?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 85th, minority 96th, housing 54th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 47157021746 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 47157021746 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157021746 scores 4.3/10, higher than 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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