Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Knoxville Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 47093006800 · Knox County, TN · pop 4,432 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 47093006800, home to 4,432 residents in the Downtown Knoxville neighborhood of Knoxville, scores 4.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $423 a month against an average household income of $21,379 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 43% Owners 22%

Tract context

Occupied units2,737

Renter share77.3%

SVI overall0.86

Poverty rate47.0%

Median income$21,379

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Knoxville and the region

Centroid at 35.9694, -83.9039 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Knoxville scores 6.8

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

47.0% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$423 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 86

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

90%Socioeconomic
53%Household composition
67%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
17%Grade C
64%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

What moves this score most 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 Knoxville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Knox County average of 3.9 and in line with the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 86th 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 64% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 47093006800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47093006800?

Census tract 47093006800 in the Downtown Knoxville neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 47093006800?

Median gross rent is $423/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47093006800?

47.0% of residents in tract 47093006800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,432.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47093006800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 53th, minority 67th, housing 85th.

Is tract 47093006800 considered part of Downtown Knoxville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47093006800 fall within Downtown Knoxville (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 47093006800 compare to Knoxville overall?

Tract 47093006800 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Knoxville at 2.3/10. 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 47093006800 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. 64% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Knoxville

Top eight tracts in Knoxville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.