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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Foster Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Oglethorpe

Tract 13047030402 · Catoosa County, GA · pop 5,886 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 13047030402 sits in the Foster Hills area of Fort Oglethorpe, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 8% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,373
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$88,393

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Foster Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Fort Oglethorpe
Low
Within county
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 15 tracts In Catoosa County
Very Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,121 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Oglethorpe and the region

Centroid at 34.9703, -85.1758 · click any tract to drill in

Why Foster Hills scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Fort Oglethorpe
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$958 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Oglethorpe
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Oglethorpe
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Oglethorpe
5.3

How Foster Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Foster Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 030402Fort Oglethorpe: 4.04.0Fort Oglethorpeparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

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)

  • 2,227Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 43.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 60.7%Peak (2005)
  • 182Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 130470304022005: 251 filings (60.74/100 renter HHs)2006: 228 filings (55.17/100 renter HHs)2007: 223 filings (53.96/100 renter HHs)2008: 218 filings (52.75/100 renter HHs)2009: 196 filings (47.43/100 renter HHs)2010: 199 filings (32.57/100 renter HHs)2011: 201 filings (37.71/100 renter HHs)2012: 191 filings (35.83/100 renter HHs)2013: 172 filings (32.27/100 renter HHs)2014: 166 filings (31.14/100 renter HHs)2015: 182 filings (34.15/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 11 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 Foster Hills

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.0 points below the Catoosa County average of 4.0. SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 2,227 evictions over 11 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2005 at 60.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 43.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13047030402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13047030402?

Census tract 13047030402 in the Foster Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 13047030402?

Median gross rent is $958/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13047030402?

3.1% of residents in tract 13047030402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,886.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13047030402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 19th, minority 15th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 13047030402 considered part of Foster Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13047030402 fall within Foster Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13047030402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,227 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 13047030402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 43.07% of renter households, peaking at 60.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13047030402 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.6% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13047030402 compare to Fort Oglethorpe overall?

Tract 13047030402 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Oglethorpe at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Oglethorpe; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Oglethorpe

Top eight tracts in Fort Oglethorpe ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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