Townsend Eviction Risk: Lower

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.

At $1,081 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Townsend commands. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Blount County average of 3.7 closely.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $61,761.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.