Downtown Knoxville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Against Knox County at 40.9%, 77% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $19,659 and the ratio lands at 96%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 70%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 98% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 50.4% against 31.5% nationally.

At $1,571 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of Knoxville commands. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Knox County average of 3.7.

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.

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.