1 census tracts · pop 4,787 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Cherokee Forest maps to a single census tract in Woodstock, GA and houses 4,787 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 64% against 33.0% citywide, putting Cherokee Forest 30.5% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Pulling the other way is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.7/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.3/10. Court records for this tract carry 216 eviction filings.
Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 8.8% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,646, 10% below the Woodstock average of $1,821. Recent filings have not receded much: 5.7% in 2016 against a 8.8% peak.
That places it #4 of 14 neighborhoods in Woodstock. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $77,760.
42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cherokee Forest vs WoodstockHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport8%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cherokee Forest
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
216Total filings (sum)
7.40%Avg annual filing rate
8.8%Peak year (2013)
5.66%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cherokee Forest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.9%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility shutoff threat
11.1%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
10.5%No health insurance
26.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cherokee Forest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cherokee Forest?
Cherokee Forest scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 Cherokee Forest compare to Woodstock overall?
Cherokee Forest scores 1.0 points higher than Woodstock overall (4/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,646 vs $1,821.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cherokee Forest?
Average gross rent in Cherokee Forest is $1,646/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cherokee Forest residents are renters?
42% of Cherokee Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in Woodstock). The neighborhood has 4,787 residents.
Q5
Is Cherokee Forest a high social-vulnerability area?
Cherokee Forest sits in the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cherokee Forest for landlords?
Cherokee Forest carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). 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 Woodstock as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cherokee Forest?
Cherokee Forest has 4,713 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.4%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
