Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Kingsport Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 47163042100 · Sullivan County, TN · pop 5,555 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Kingsport

Census tract 47163042100 covers part of Kingsport, TN, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,555 residents. 33% 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

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 21% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units2,238

Renter share39.5%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate28.9%

Median income$50,292

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kingsport and the region

Centroid at 36.5693, -82.4795 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kingsport scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Kingsport

2.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.4

State political climate

Tennessee legislature & governorship

1.9

Economic stress

28.9% poverty · this tract

7.2

Supply constraint

$1,065 rent vs county FMR

5.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kingsport

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kingsport

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kingsport

2.0

How Kingsport compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

62%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
17%Racial/ethnic minority
90%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kingsport

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs 46% here against 35.9% across Sullivan County. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. At $1,065 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Kingsport commands. Against the Sullivan County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $50,292. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 47163042100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 47163042100?

Census tract 47163042100 in Kingsport scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 47163042100?

Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 47163042100?

28.9% of residents in tract 47163042100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,555.

How socially vulnerable is tract 47163042100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 55th, minority 17th, housing 90th.

How does tract 47163042100 compare to Kingsport overall?

Tract 47163042100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Kingsport at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingsport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kingsport

Top eight tracts in Kingsport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.