Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Merry Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Nashville
Tract 47037015100 · Davidson County, TN · pop 3,809 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 47037015100 covers the Merry Oaks neighborhood of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) in Tennessee. Home to 3,809 residents, it scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 15% of US census tracts.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,354 a month against an average household income of $69,853 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,792
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$69,853
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.1576, -86.6772 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merry Oaks scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nashville
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,354 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nashville
1.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nashville
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nashville
3.1
How Merry Oaks compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 378Total filings 2020-21
- 4.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.08×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Nashville, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Merry Oaks. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merry Oaks
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Nashville eviction risk-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Davidson County average of 4.5 and in line with the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.08x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037015100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037015100?
Census tract 47037015100 in the Merry Oaks neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 47037015100?
Median gross rent is $1,354/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037015100?
6.0% of residents in tract 47037015100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,809.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037015100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 55th, minority 45th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 47037015100 considered part of Merry Oaks?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037015100 fall within Merry Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037015100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Nashville eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 47037015100 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037015100 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Nashville at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nashville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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