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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Memphis Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 47157022130 · Shelby County, TN · pop 5,692

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 47157022130 in Memphis, TN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,692. 27% 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 15% Stable renters 25% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,024
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate26.8%
Median income$53,643

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#76 of 197 tracts In Memphis
Elevated
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#73 of 249 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 1,701 tracts In Tennessee
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Memphis and the region

Centroid at 35.0039, -90.0135 · click any tract to drill in

Why Memphis 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
26.8% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,058 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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.
Memphis risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0221304.0Memphisparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 556Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.6Pre-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

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Memphis

Against Shelby County at 48.3%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 27%. 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. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.8/10.

At $1,058 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Memphis commands. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $53,643.

40% 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 47157022130

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157022130?

Census tract 47157022130 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 47157022130?

Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 47157022130?

26.8% of residents in tract 47157022130 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,692.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 47157022130?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 93th, minority 98th, housing 23th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 47157022130 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.
Q6

How does tract 47157022130 compare to Memphis overall?

Tract 47157022130 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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