East Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. 15% 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, supply constraint reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $999, 13% below the East Ridge average.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chattanooga. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters.

It tracks the Hamilton County average of 3.9 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $59,063.

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.