Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Signal Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47065011100 · Hamilton County, TN · pop 6,453 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Signal Mountain
Tract 47065011100, home to 6,453 residents in Signal Mountain, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $121,886 a year. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,526
Renter share11.9%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$121,886
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Signal Mountain and the region
Centroid at 35.1317, -85.3431 · click any tract to drill in
Why Signal Mountain scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Signal Mountain
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Signal Mountain
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Signal Mountain
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Signal Mountain
5.3
How Signal Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 31%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Signal Mountain
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.4/10. 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 Signal Mountain, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hamilton County average of 4.3 and above the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 47065011100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47065011100?
Census tract 47065011100 in Signal Mountain scores 1.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 47065011100?
2.3% of residents in tract 47065011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,453.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 47065011100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 41th, minority 3th, housing 40th.
Q4
How does tract 47065011100 compare to Signal Mountain overall?
Tract 47065011100 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Signal Mountain at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Signal Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q5
Was tract 47065011100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Signal Mountain
Top eight tracts in Signal Mountain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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