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The Retreat South Eviction Risk: Elevated , Athens

Tract 13059150400 · Clarke County, GA · pop 4,423 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 13059150400 covers part of the The Retreat South area of Athens, GA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,423 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 42% Owners 6%

Tract context

Occupied units1,871

Renter share93.9%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate57.2%

Median income$32,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 33.9070, -83.3696 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Retreat South scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Athens

7.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.1

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

57.2% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,233 rent vs county FMR

5.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Athens

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Athens

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Athens

8.6

How The Retreat South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

88%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
74%Housing & transportation

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.

19.0%Housing insecurity
14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
30.4%Food insecurity
27.3%SNAP enrollment
19.5%Transit barriers
15.7%No health insurance
26.9%Frequent mental distress
36.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Retreat South

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 57%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Annualized rent equals 46% of average household income of $32,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.

This is renter territory: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Against the Clarke County average of 5.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Food insecurity runs 30.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 27.3% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13059150400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13059150400?

Census tract 13059150400 in the The Retreat South neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13059150400?

Median gross rent is $1,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13059150400?

57.2% of residents in tract 13059150400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,423.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13059150400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 1th, minority 38th, housing 74th.

Is tract 13059150400 considered part of The Retreat South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13059150400 fall within The Retreat South (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13059150400 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.0% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13059150400 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 13059150400 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Athens at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

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