5 census tracts · pop 18,968 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10
· range 4.4–5.4
Whitehaven is a 5-tract suburb of Memphis, TN and houses 18,968 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.2/10, in the Moderate tier. 56% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Memphis rate of 33.2%.
32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.4 to 5.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Memphis, it ranks #8 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Binghampton and Westwood score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,163, close to the Memphis average.
Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $46,765. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Whitehaven vs MemphisHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport48%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Whitehaven
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
4,404Total filings 2020-21
11.4Avg monthly observed
10.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Memphis, TN).
Frequently asked
About Whitehaven
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Whitehaven?
Whitehaven scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Whitehaven compare to Memphis overall?
Whitehaven scores 1.2 points higher than Memphis overall (4/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,163 vs $1,181.
Q3
What is the average rent in Whitehaven?
Average gross rent in Whitehaven is $1,163/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Whitehaven residents are renters?
50% of Whitehaven households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Memphis). The neighborhood has 18,968 residents.
Q5
Is Whitehaven a high social-vulnerability area?
Whitehaven sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Whitehaven have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Whitehaven is census tract 47157022111 (score 5.4/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.4 to 5.4, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Whitehaven for landlords?
Whitehaven carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Memphis as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Whitehaven?
Whitehaven has 18,963 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (93.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.3%), Hispanic / Latino (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
