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

Whitehaven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157022131 · Shelby County, TN · pop 2,670 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 47157022131 covers part of the Whitehaven area of Memphis, TN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 31% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units982
Renter share80.8%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate40.1%
Median income$40,596

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Whitehaven
Moderate
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#78 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Elevated
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#72 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 35.0282, -90.0073 · 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
40.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$916 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Whitehaven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whitehaven risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0221314.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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)

  • 1,910Total filings 2020-21
  • 25.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Shelby County at 48.3%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.

81% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 47.6% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.

Average gross rent is $916, 22% below the Memphis average. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157022131

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157022131?

Census tract 47157022131 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 47157022131?

Median gross rent is $916/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157022131?

40.1% of residents in tract 47157022131 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,670.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157022131?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 82th, minority 91th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 47157022131 considered part of Whitehaven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157022131 fall within Whitehaven (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47157022131 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157022131 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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