Cotton Row Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
3 census tracts · pop 5,688 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3–5.4
Cotton Row Historic District is a 3-tract neighborhood of Memphis, TN, population 5,688. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.1/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Memphis baseline of 33.2%, 44% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
79% 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 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 5.4, a 2.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
That places it #19 of 26 neighborhoods in Memphis. The closest comparables inside the same city are Berclair and Cooper-Young. Average gross rent runs $1,175, close to the Memphis average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $59,843.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.4 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Cotton Row Historic District vs MemphisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cotton Row Historic District
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,805Total filings 2020-21
10.3Avg monthly observed
5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
1.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis, TN).
Frequently asked
About Cotton Row Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cotton Row Historic District?
Cotton Row Historic District scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Cotton Row Historic District compare to Memphis overall?
Cotton Row Historic District scores 0.1 points higher than Memphis overall (4/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,175 vs $1,181.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cotton Row Historic District?
Average gross rent in Cotton Row Historic District is $1,175/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cotton Row Historic District residents are renters?
79% of Cotton Row Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Memphis). The neighborhood has 5,688 residents.
Q5
Is Cotton Row Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Cotton Row Historic District sits in the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Cotton Row Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Cotton Row Historic District is census tract 47157002100 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.4, a spread of 2.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Cotton Row Historic District for landlords?
Cotton Row Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Cotton Row Historic District?
Cotton Row Historic District has 5,754 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (45.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (37.1%), Hispanic / Latino (6.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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