1 census tracts · pop 5,886 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Foster Hills maps to a single census tract in Fort Oglethorpe, GA and houses 5,886 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Fort Oglethorpe baseline of 25.0%, 40% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 2,227 evictions logged in this tract.
SNAP participation is 6.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 60.7% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.2% of adults, 8.6 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 34.2% in 2015, is well off that peak. At 14% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Against average income of $88,393, annual rent is only 13%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Foster Hills vs Fort OglethorpeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority15%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport17%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Foster Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,227Total filings (sum)
43.07%Avg annual filing rate
60.7%Peak year (2005)
34.15%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Foster Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.6%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility shutoff threat
9.2%Food insecurity
6.4%SNAP enrollment
9.2%No health insurance
27.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Foster Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Foster Hills?
Foster Hills scores 3/10 (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 Foster Hills compare to Fort Oglethorpe overall?
Foster Hills scores 1.0 points lower than Fort Oglethorpe overall (4/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $958 vs $937.
Q3
What is the average rent in Foster Hills?
Average gross rent in Foster Hills is $958/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Foster Hills residents are renters?
14% of Foster Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Fort Oglethorpe). The neighborhood has 5,886 residents.
Q5
Is Foster Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Foster Hills sits in the 10th 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 Foster Hills for landlords?
Foster Hills carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Fort Oglethorpe as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Foster Hills?
Foster Hills has 6,183 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.8%), Other / Multiracial (9.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
