2 census tracts · pop 4,598 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Highland Hills is a 2-tract neighborhood of Macon-Bibb County, GA and houses 4,598 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 47% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
64% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Macon-Bibb County rate of 34.7%. The poverty rate is 44%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 35.2% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 9.5/10. Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.4/10. Court records carry 2,390 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
19.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 53.4% of renter households. Average gross rent is $986, 8% below the Macon-Bibb County average of $1,066.
That places it #1 of 31 neighborhoods in Macon-Bibb County. Judgments average 10.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Highland Hills vs Macon-Bibb CountyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Highland Hills
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,390Total filings (sum)
31.50%Avg annual filing rate
53.4%Peak year (2011)
35.38%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Highland Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
34.6%Housing insecurity
28.4%Utility shutoff threat
47.3%Food insecurity
51.0%SNAP enrollment
18.9%No health insurance
47.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Highland Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Highland Hills?
Highland Hills scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Highland Hills compare to Macon-Bibb County overall?
Highland Hills scores 1.4 points higher than Macon-Bibb County overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $986 vs $1,066.
Q3
What is the average rent in Highland Hills?
Average gross rent in Highland Hills is $986/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Highland Hills residents are renters?
61% of Highland Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Macon-Bibb County). The neighborhood has 4,598 residents.
Q5
Is Highland Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Highland Hills sits in the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Highland Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Highland Hills is census tract 13021011701 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Highland Hills for landlords?
Highland Hills carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Macon-Bibb County as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Highland Hills?
Highland Hills has 4,734 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (84.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.8%), Hispanic / Latino (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
