Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Knoxville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 47093000800 · Knox County, TN · pop 4,400 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

47093000800 is a census tract in the Downtown Knoxville area of Knoxville, TN. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,400. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 54% Stable renters 36% Owners 10%

Tract context

Occupied units2,030

Renter share90.7%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate40.9%

Median income$34,236

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 35.9555, -83.9031 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Knoxville scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Knoxville

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.2

State political climate

Tennessee legislature & governorship

1.9

Economic stress

40.9% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,528 rent vs county FMR

4.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Knoxville

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Knoxville

2.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Knoxville

2.5

How Downtown Knoxville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

92%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
83%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
9%Grade C
45%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

Within Downtown Knoxville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Knoxville

60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Knox County average of 40.9%. Set annual rent against average income of $34,236 and the ratio lands at 54%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,528, 28% above the Knoxville average. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

Against the Knox County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Knoxville. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 47093000800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093000800?

Census tract 47093000800 in the Downtown Knoxville neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 47093000800?

Median gross rent is $1,528/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093000800?

40.9% of residents in tract 47093000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,400.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 2th, minority 38th, housing 83th.

Is tract 47093000800 considered part of Downtown Knoxville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093000800 fall within Downtown Knoxville (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 47093000800 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093000800 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Knoxville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Knoxville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 47093000800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 45% 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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