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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Hickory Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Memphis

Tract 47157021756 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,745 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

47157021756 is a census tract in the Hickory Hill area of Memphis, TN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,745 residents. 55% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 22% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units952
Renter share80.6%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$31,927

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Hickory Hill
Elevated
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#73 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Elevated
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#19 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.0551, -89.8501 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hickory Hill scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Memphis
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,306 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Memphis
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Memphis
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Memphis
4.5

How Hickory Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hickory Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0217564.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 893Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Memphis, TN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hickory Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hickory Hill

Cost burden runs 73% here against 48.3% across Shelby County. Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income of $31,927, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Disability prevalence runs 52.1% against 31.5% nationally.

This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3.

At $1,306 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Memphis commands. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Memphis eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 47157021756

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021756?

Census tract 47157021756 in the Hickory Hill neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 47157021756?

Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021756?

25.1% of residents in tract 47157021756 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,745.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021756?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 67th, minority 82th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 47157021756 considered part of Hickory Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157021756 fall within Hickory Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 47157021756 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157021756 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Memphis at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Memphis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Memphis

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

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