Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Homer Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13011970200 · Banks County, GA · pop 4,885 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Homer
Census tract 13011970200 runs through Homer. With 4,885 residents, it scores 4.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
22% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $967 a month against an average household income of $87,938 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,771
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$87,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Homer and the region
Centroid at 34.3680, -83.4828 · click any tract to drill in
Why Homer scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Homer
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Homer
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Homer
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Homer
4.4
How Homer compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 64Total filings over 2 yrs
- 9.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2002)
- 43Filings in 2002 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Homer
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Homer, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Banks County average of 4.7 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 64 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 9.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.8% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13011970200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13011970200?
Census tract 13011970200 in Homer scores 2.9/10 (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 13011970200?
Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13011970200?
9.6% of residents in tract 13011970200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,885.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13011970200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 22th, minority 11th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13011970200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 64 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 13011970200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.56% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13011970200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13011970200 compare to Homer overall?
Tract 13011970200 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Homer at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Homer; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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