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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Richwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Memphis

Tract 47157021744 · Shelby County, TN · pop 6,843 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

47157021744 is a census tract in the Richwood area of Memphis, TN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,843. Cost burden runs 31% here against 48.3% across Shelby County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 21% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,187
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$83,203

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Richwood
Very High
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#162 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Very Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#184 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,176 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.0384, -89.8231 · click any tract to drill in

Why Richwood scores 3

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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,679 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Richwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Richwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0217444.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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)

  • 605Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Richwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Richwood

Average gross rent is $1,679, 42% above the Memphis average. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.4/10.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The voucher gap is 23.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10.

It sits 1.3 points below the Shelby County average of 4.3. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $83,203. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 47157021744

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021744?

Census tract 47157021744 in the Richwood neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 47157021744?

Median gross rent is $1,679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021744?

5.5% of residents in tract 47157021744 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,843.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021744?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 85th, minority 93th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 47157021744 considered part of Richwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 47157021744 fall within Richwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 47157021744 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 47157021744 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157021744 scores 3/10, lower 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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