Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehaven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis
Tract 47157022121 · Shelby County, TN · pop 4,864 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
How risky is the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis for landlords? Census tract 47157022121 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,359 a month against an average household income of $58,963 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
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 parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
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 5.1
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 435Total filings 2020-21
- 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×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
Within Whitehaven. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehaven
What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.4/10. 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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 80th 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.85x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157022121
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157022121?
Census tract 47157022121 in the Whitehaven neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 5.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Memphis
Top eight tracts in Memphis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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47157010500
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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