Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 47157022025 · Shelby County, TN · pop 3,897
47157022025 is a census tract in Memphis, TN. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,897 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.0473, -90.0046 · click any tract to drill in
Why Memphis scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
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)
- 2,390Total filings 2020-21
- 31.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Memphis
The poverty rate is 55%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
91% 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. Disability prevalence runs 49.3% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Against Shelby County at 48.3%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $940 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Memphis commands.
It sits 1.1 points above the Shelby County average of 4.3. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.3% against 11.3% nationally. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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Highest-risk tracts in Memphis
Top eight tracts in Memphis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.