Carroll County, Georgia Eviction Risk: Very Low

Carroll County, Georgia eviction laws carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.4/10 (Very Low) across its 8 incorporated places, placing it at rank 24 of 159 Georgia counties. That position means 23 counties are riskier and 135 are more landlord-friendly, putting Carroll firmly in the higher-risk third of the state. For a landlord sizing up the market, that context matters: Moderate does not mean comfortable, and the county's intra-county spread of 1.9 to 2.6 means property selection within Carroll makes a real difference to your operating exposure.

Underlying conditions add texture to those scores. With an average rent of $1,322, a rent-burden rate of 30.5%, and 41.1% of households renting, a meaningful share of tenants is paying close to or beyond the standard affordability threshold. That combination, alongside a poverty rate of 16.7%, signals that cash-flow disruptions at the tenant level, and the eviction activity that follows, are not edge-case events here.

The cities inside Carroll County

Carrollton carries the highest risk score in the county at 2.6/10, and with a population of 18,551 it is the second-largest city in Carroll, meaning a large share of available rental inventory sits in its higher-risk footprint. Carrollton (population 27,392, the county seat and largest city) and Bowdon both score 2.4/10, rounding out the top-risk tier. Any portfolio concentrated in these three cities faces above-average exposure relative to the county average.

On the other end of the spectrum, Fairfield Plantation scores 2.1/10, the lowest in the county, followed by Temple at 1.9/10 and Mount Zion at 2.4/10. The nearly one-full-point gap between Villa Rica and Fairfield Plantation illustrates how hyper-local eviction risk is within a single county: two properties a few miles apart can sit in meaningfully different risk environments. Investors underwriting deals at the county average are working with a blunt instrument.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Carroll County operates under Georgia eviction laws state law, specifically O.C.G.A. § 44-7 (Landlord and Tenant). For nonpayment of rent and material lease violations, the required notice period is just 3 days under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-50, which is relatively short and favorable to landlords. A holdover or no-cause termination requires 60 days notice under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-7. An uncontested eviction typically resolves in 14 to 30 days; a contested case can run 45 to 90 days. Court filing fees range from $60 to $250, sheriff lockout fees from $25 to $100, and attorney fees from $500 to $3,000, so total out-of-pocket costs per eviction can vary widely depending on whether the tenant contests. Understanding the full Georgia eviction laws eviction process before acquiring rental property here is essential to accurate underwriting.

Georgia eviction laws does not require just cause for most evictions, and state law explicitly preempts any local rent control ordinance under O.C.G.A. § 44-7-19, so no Carroll County municipality can impose rent caps. Source of income is not a protected class under Georgia eviction laws state fair housing rules, giving landlords screening flexibility not available in many other states. Reviewing Georgia eviction costs and Georgia tenant protections in detail will surface the procedural nuances that affect how quickly, and how expensively, a problem tenancy resolves.

With a poverty rate of 16.7% and more than 4 in 10 households renting, Carroll County's risk profile is not uniform county-wide; the city grid above breaks down each of the 8 cities individually so you can pinpoint where your specific assets land on the risk spectrum.