Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Tusculum Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Nashville
Tract 47037019108 · Davidson County, TN · pop 3,421 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 47037019108, home to 3,421 residents in the Tusculum Square area of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,383 monthly, set against $46,087 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,258
Renter share73.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$46,087
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nashville and the region
Centroid at 36.0702, -86.6952 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tusculum Square scores 5
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
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,383 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Tusculum Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 803Total filings 2020-21
- 10.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Nashville, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tusculum Square
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. 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 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 above the Davidson County average of 4.5 and above the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.72x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47037019108
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47037019108?
Census tract 47037019108 in the Tusculum Square neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 47037019108?
Median gross rent is $1,383/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47037019108?
24.0% of residents in tract 47037019108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47037019108?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 94th, minority 83th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 47037019108 considered part of Tusculum Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47037019108 fall within Tusculum Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 47037019108 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.72× 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 47037019108 compare to Nashville overall?
Tract 47037019108 scores 5/10, 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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