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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Garden City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13051010601 · Chatham County, GA · pop 4,606

13051010601 is a census tract in Garden City, GA. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,606 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 24% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,284
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$34,664

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Garden City
Very High
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 87 tracts In Chatham County
Moderate
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#1,207 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden City and the region

Centroid at 32.1081, -81.1539 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garden City scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Garden City
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garden City
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garden City
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garden City
2.6

How Garden City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Garden City risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0106013.4Garden Cityparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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)

  • 651Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 64.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 64.1%Peak (2011)
  • 651Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garden City

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $880 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Garden City commands. SNAP participation runs 32.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 33.5% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.6/10.

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 54% here against 46.6% across Chatham County.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 651 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 64.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 64.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13051010601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051010601?

Census tract 13051010601 in Garden City scores 4.2/10 (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 13051010601?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051010601?

11.6% of residents in tract 13051010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,606.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051010601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 93th, minority 80th, housing 33th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051010601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 651 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051010601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 64.07% of renter households, peaking at 64.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13051010601 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.6% 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. 18.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13051010601 compare to Garden City overall?

Tract 13051010601 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Garden City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garden City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Garden City

Top eight tracts in Garden City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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