Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Ringgold Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13047030100 · Catoosa County, GA · pop 7,298 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Ringgold
Census tract 13047030100 covers part of Ringgold, GA, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,298 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,513
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$70,215
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ringgold and the region
Centroid at 34.9097, -85.0604 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ringgold scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ringgold
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$843 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ringgold
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ringgold
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ringgold
5.7
How Ringgold compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
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)
- 719Total filings over 11 yrs
- 12.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2012)
- 59Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.7%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ringgold
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 719 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Catoosa County average of 38.6%. Average gross rent is $843, 12% below the Ringgold average. Filings peaked in 2012 at 14.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10.
Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $70,215, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Catoosa County average of 4.0 closely. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13047030100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13047030100?
Census tract 13047030100 in Ringgold scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 13047030100?
Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13047030100?
13.1% of residents in tract 13047030100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,298.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13047030100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 70th, minority 29th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13047030100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 719 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 13047030100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.45% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13047030100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13047030100 compare to Ringgold overall?
Tract 13047030100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Ringgold at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ringgold; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ringgold
Top eight tracts in Ringgold ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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