Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Millington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 47157020301 · Shelby County, TN · pop 1,518
Millington anchors census tract 47157020301, which lands at 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 13% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,247 a month while the average household earns $88,229 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units583
Renter share15.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$88,229
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Millington and the region
Centroid at 35.3221, -89.8966 · click any tract to drill in
Why Millington scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Millington
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Tennessee legislature & governorship
1.9
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,247 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Millington
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Millington
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Millington
5.5
How Millington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 86Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg 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 Millington
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Millington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Shelby County average of 4.9 and below the Tennessee statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 47157020301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47157020301?
Census tract 47157020301 in Millington scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 47157020301?
Median gross rent is $1,247/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 47157020301?
1.2% of residents in tract 47157020301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,518.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 47157020301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 91th, minority 34th, housing 5th.
Q5
How does tract 47157020301 compare to Millington overall?
Tract 47157020301 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Millington at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Millington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Millington
Top eight tracts in Millington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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