1 census tracts · pop 5,569 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 4.1–4.1
Iron Gate is a one-tract neighborhood of Irondale, GA and houses 5,569 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.1/10, in the Moderate tier. 54% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 31.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.9/10. Food insecurity affects 37.3% of adults, 19.5 points above the national rate. At $1,395 a month, rents sit 20% under what the rest of Irondale commands.
57% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, ahead of the Irondale rate of 51.0%. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.3/10.
The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $61,707. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.1/10 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
4.1
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Iron Gate vs IrondaleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport50%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Iron Gate
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,323Total filings 2020-21
30.6Avg monthly observed
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Atlanta, GA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Iron Gate
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.4%Housing insecurity
23.2%Utility shutoff threat
37.3%Food insecurity
35.9%SNAP enrollment
18.3%No health insurance
36.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Iron Gate
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Iron Gate?
Iron Gate scores 4.1/10 (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 Iron Gate compare to Irondale overall?
Iron Gate scores 0.1 points higher than Irondale overall (4/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $1,395 vs $1,741.
Q3
What is the average rent in Iron Gate?
Average gross rent in Iron Gate is $1,395/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Iron Gate residents are renters?
35% of Iron Gate households are renter-occupied (vs 31% in Irondale). The neighborhood has 5,569 residents.
Q5
Is Iron Gate a high social-vulnerability area?
Iron Gate sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Iron Gate for landlords?
Iron Gate carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). 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 Irondale as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Iron Gate?
Iron Gate has 5,757 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (64.5%), Hispanic / Latino (18%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
