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Azalea Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Macon-Bibb County

Tract 13021012400 · Bibb County, GA · pop 4,688 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 13021012400 covers part of the Azalea Park area of Macon-Bibb County, GA, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 31% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,701
Renter share70.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate50.4%
Median income$28,769

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Azalea Park
Moderate
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 48 tracts In Macon-Bibb County
Elevated
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 48 tracts In Bibb County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Macon-Bibb County and the region

Centroid at 32.8384, -83.6940 · click any tract to drill in

Why Azalea Park scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
50.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$975 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
8.4

How Azalea Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Azalea Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0124004.6Macon-Bibb Countyparent city4.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 1,803Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 34.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 50.8%Peak (2008)
  • 255Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2011
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13021012400
Filings climbed 32% over the past 8 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Azalea Park

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 50%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 33.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $28,769, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Adults with no health insurance runs 24.2% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Bibb County average of 4.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Bibb County average of 51.4%.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,803 filings here across 8 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2008, when 50.8% of renter households were served.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13021012400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13021012400?

Census tract 13021012400 in the Azalea Park neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 13021012400?

Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13021012400?

50.4% of residents in tract 13021012400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,688.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13021012400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 68th, minority 91th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 13021012400 considered part of Azalea Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13021012400 fall within Azalea Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13021012400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,803 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13021012400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.92% of renter households, peaking at 50.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13021012400 struggle to pay rent?

About 40.1% 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. 33.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13021012400 compare to Macon-Bibb County overall?

Tract 13021012400 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Macon-Bibb County at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Macon-Bibb County eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 13021012400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Macon-Bibb County

Top eight tracts in Macon-Bibb County ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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