Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 47157022026 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,866
Census tract 47157022026 covers part of Memphis, TN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,866. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units631
Renter share71.9%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate43.8%
Median income$41,198
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Memphis and the region
Centroid at 35.0508, -89.9991 · 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
43.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,008 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Memphis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 1,912Total filings 2020-21
- 25.2Avg 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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Memphis
The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 60% here against 48.3% across Shelby County.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Disability prevalence runs 47.8% against 31.5% nationally.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.9/10. Against the Shelby County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Average gross rent is $1,008, 15% below the Memphis average. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.0% against 11.3% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157022026
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157022026?
Census tract 47157022026 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 47157022026?
Median gross rent is $1,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157022026?
43.8% of residents in tract 47157022026 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157022026?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 85th, minority 95th, housing 74th.
Q5
How does tract 47157022026 compare to Memphis overall?
Tract 47157022026 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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