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Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Canton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13057090401 · Cherokee County, GA · pop 5,754 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Canton

With a score of 5.8/10, tract 13057090401 in Canton, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 36% Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units2,504
Renter share83.1%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate36.5%
Median income$36,358

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Canton
High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 56 tracts In Cherokee County
Very High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#179 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
National
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#20,506 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Canton and the region

Centroid at 34.2455, -84.4912 · click any tract to drill in

Why Canton scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Canton
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
36.5% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,353 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Canton
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Canton
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Canton
6.7

How Canton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Canton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0904014.4Cantonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

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 Canton

Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $36,358, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.1/10. This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 56% here against 45.3% across Cherokee County. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

It sits 1.8 points above the Cherokee County average of 4.0. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.1% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,353 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Canton commands.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13057090401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13057090401?

Census tract 13057090401 in Canton scores 5.8/10 (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 13057090401?

Median gross rent is $1,353/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13057090401?

36.5% of residents in tract 13057090401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,754.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13057090401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 94th, minority 67th, housing 99th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13057090401 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.2% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13057090401 compare to Canton overall?

Tract 13057090401 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Canton at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Canton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Canton

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

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