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Neighborhood · Memphis, TN

Beale Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

6 census tracts · pop 12,397 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10 · range 3.1–5.4

Beale Street Historic District takes in 6 census tracts of Memphis, TN and houses 12,397 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 49% against 33.2% citywide, putting Beale Street Historic District 15.7% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 38%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

81% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.1 to 5.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Running hot is economic stress at 7.6/10. At $1,018 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Memphis commands.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.9/10. That places it #12 of 26 neighborhoods in Memphis. For a like-for-like read, Raleigh and Orange Mound score within a fraction of it.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $40,151.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
6 tracts · population-weighted
Beale Street Historic District vs Memphis How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
48.9% +47%
Memphis: 33.2%
Average gross rent
$1,018 -14%
Memphis: $1,181
Average HH income
$40,151 -22%
Memphis: $51,211
Poverty rate
38.0% +69%
Memphis: 22.5%
Renter share
80.6% +46%
Memphis: 55.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Beale Street Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 6 tracts span score 3.1–5.4

Why Beale Street Historic District scores 4.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Rent control risk
49% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
81% renter households · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Economic stress
38.0% below poverty line · Range 2.1–10.0 across tracts
7.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–5.8 across tracts
2.9
Risk score comparison

Beale Street Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Beale Street Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.8Beale Street HistoNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Beale Street Historic District?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 2.3 points from 3.1 to 5.4. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

6 tracts in Beale Street Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
47157011402 5.4 3,542 57% $1,056
47157011600 5.4 2,432 59% $721
47157011401 5.4 1,332 45% $1,028
47157005000 5.4 1,022 71% $725
47157004500 5.4 894 46% $403
47157004300 3.1 3,175 28% $1,466
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 65

Pop-weighted across 6 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 70%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 43%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Beale Street Historic District

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 2,624Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.0Avg monthly observed
  • 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.72×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis, TN).

Frequently asked

About Beale Street Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Beale Street Historic District?

Beale Street Historic District scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Beale Street Historic District compare to Memphis overall?

Beale Street Historic District scores 0.8 points higher than Memphis overall (4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,018 vs $1,181.
Q3

What is the average rent in Beale Street Historic District?

Average gross rent in Beale Street Historic District is $1,018/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Beale Street Historic District residents are renters?

81% of Beale Street Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Memphis). The neighborhood has 12,397 residents.
Q5

Is Beale Street Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Beale Street Historic District sits in the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Beale Street Historic District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Beale Street Historic District is census tract 47157011402 (score 5.4/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 5.4, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Beale Street Historic District for landlords?

Beale Street Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Memphis as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Beale Street Historic District?

Beale Street Historic District has 11,846 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (68.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (24.1%), Hispanic / Latino (3.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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