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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Whitehaven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157022121 · Shelby County, TN · pop 4,864 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

47157022121 is a census tract in the Whitehaven area of Memphis, TN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 18% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,735
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$58,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Whitehaven
High
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 197 tracts In Memphis
High
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.0138, -90.0225 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitehaven scores 5.4

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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,359 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Whitehaven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whitehaven risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0221214.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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)

  • 435Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.85×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 Whitehaven. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitehaven

The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Disability prevalence runs 44.2% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3.

Cost burden runs 43% here against 48.3% across Shelby County. Average gross rent is $1,359, 15% above the Memphis average. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Memphis eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $58,963.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157022121

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157022121?

Census tract 47157022121 in the Whitehaven neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 47157022121?

Median gross rent is $1,359/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157022121?

25.7% of residents in tract 47157022121 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,864.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157022121?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 89th, minority 97th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 47157022121 considered part of Whitehaven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157022121 fall within Whitehaven (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157022121 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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 47157022121 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157022121 scores 5.4/10, 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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