1 census tracts · pop 4,530 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10
· range 3.2–3.2
Whitehouse Plantation is a one-tract neighborhood of Macon-Bibb County, GA and houses 4,530 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.2/10, placing it in the Lower tier. 48% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Macon-Bibb County rate of 34.7%.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.4/10. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 136 evictions logged in this tract.
At $1,236 a month, rents sit 16% over what the rest of Macon-Bibb County commands. SNAP participation is 6.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 4.8% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.0% of adults, 8.8 points below the national rate.
Recent filings have not receded much: 5.1% in 2011 against a 4.8% peak. Among the 31 mapped neighborhoods of Macon-Bibb County, it ranks #26 by risk, the lower third.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Thornwood and Lokchapee. Rent takes 13% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
One tract means one number: 3.2/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Whitehouse Plantation vs Macon-Bibb CountyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority45%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport4%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Whitehouse Plantation
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
136Total filings (sum)
5.17%Avg annual filing rate
4.8%Peak year (2005)
5.06%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Whitehouse Plantation
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.1%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
6.3%SNAP enrollment
7.4%No health insurance
24.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Whitehouse Plantation
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Whitehouse Plantation?
Whitehouse Plantation scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Whitehouse Plantation compare to Macon-Bibb County overall?
Whitehouse Plantation scores 1.4 points lower than Macon-Bibb County overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,236 vs $1,066.
Q3
What is the average rent in Whitehouse Plantation?
Average gross rent in Whitehouse Plantation is $1,236/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Whitehouse Plantation residents are renters?
37% of Whitehouse Plantation households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Macon-Bibb County). The neighborhood has 4,530 residents.
Q5
Is Whitehouse Plantation a high social-vulnerability area?
Whitehouse Plantation sits in the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Whitehouse Plantation for landlords?
Whitehouse Plantation carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.2/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Whitehouse Plantation?
Whitehouse Plantation has 4,752 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (17.8%), Other / Multiracial (10.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
