Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 47157021710 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,955
47157021710 is a census tract in Memphis, TN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,955. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 64%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,077
Renter share90.4%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate32.1%
Median income$27,934
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.0722, -89.8741 · click any tract to drill in
Why Memphis scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
32.1% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,034 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,389Total filings 2020-21
- 18.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 36.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.50×Ratio to 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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Memphis
71% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Shelby County average of 48.3%. Set annual rent against average income of $27,934 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 90% 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.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Disability prevalence runs 46.2% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.9/10.
On the high side, economic stress reads 8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. Average gross rent is $1,034, 12% below the Memphis average.
That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157021710
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157021710?
Census tract 47157021710 in Memphis 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 47157021710?
Median gross rent is $1,034/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157021710?
32.1% of residents in tract 47157021710 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,955.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157021710?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 49th, minority 94th, housing 46th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 47157021710 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis eviction risk, TN), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 47157021710 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157021710 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.
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