Louisville, Kentucky: Mapping Eviction Judgments for the First Time
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April 30, 2025
As part of the inaugural cohort of New America’s Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN), the Louisville Metro Government’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) and the University of Louisville’s Department of Sociology teamed up with New America to analyze local eviction data. Their goal is to equip advocates, elected officials, and nonprofit service providers with data-driven insights on Louisville-area evictions that can be used to evaluate, target, and expand eviction prevention programming, such as landlord-tenant mediation.
By the time OHCD and the University of Louisville joined EDRN, Kentucky’s Administrative Office of the Courts had already provided them with data from the Jefferson County Eviction District Court. However, OHCD and University of Louisville had no way to analyze, visualize, and make sense of the thousands of eviction records.
Visualizing where evictions happen is a crucial part of communicating the on-the-ground reality of displacement in Louisville. Using New America’s Foreclosure and Eviction Analysis Tool (FEAT), OHCD and University of Louisville mapped the neighborhoods with the highest rates of eviction judgments and analyzed which local populations are at highest eviction risk.
This analysis is preliminary, as it was calculated using an illustrative data sample rather than a full data set, but early results suggest that census tracts with lower property values and higher vacancy rates are more likely to experience higher rates of eviction judgments against tenants.
Distribution of Eviction Judgments in Louisville, KY in 2023
The “eviction judgment rate” is defined as the number of eviction cases decided in favor of the landlord in a census tract, divided by the total number of renter households.
From here, New America’s Louisville partners plan to spatially analyze eviction filings, judgments, and other case outcomes over the last few years across the entire county. When paired with other analyses of eviction data, these maps will tell a critical story about how current housing stability interventions, as well as phased-out COVID-era programs, have impacted Louisville residents facing eviction.
To see more impact stories on our local and state partners working to improve eviction data, visit here.