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

Westwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157022330 · Shelby County, TN · pop 5,239 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

47157022330 is a census tract in the Westwood area of Memphis, TN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,239 residents. The severe-burden share is 56%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 11% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,734
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate45.4%
Median income$38,929

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Westwood
Very High
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#63 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Elevated
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
High
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 35.0281, -90.0839 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westwood 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
45.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Westwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0223304.0Memphisparent 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)

  • 556Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.89×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 Westwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westwood

Against Shelby County at 48.3%, about three-quarters of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 45%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 52.0% against 31.5% nationally.

Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $38,929, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47157022330

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157022330?

Census tract 47157022330 in the Westwood 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 47157022330?

Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157022330?

45.4% of residents in tract 47157022330 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,239.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157022330?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 74th, minority 99th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 47157022330 considered part of Westwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157022330 fall within Westwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157022330 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× 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 47157022330 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157022330 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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