1 census tracts · pop 5,775 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Emerald Hills maps to a single census tract in Jonesboro, GA and houses 5,775 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.9/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.5% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
46% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Jonesboro rate of 41.7%. Food insecurity affects 26.1% of adults, 8.3 points above the national rate.
That places it #4 of 6 neighborhoods in Jonesboro. At 22% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Emerald Hills vs JonesboroHow 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 & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Emerald Hills
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
632Total filings 2020-21
8.3Avg 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 Emerald Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.5%Housing insecurity
14.7%Utility shutoff threat
26.1%Food insecurity
21.8%SNAP enrollment
15.3%No health insurance
33.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Emerald Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Emerald Hills?
Emerald Hills 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 Emerald Hills compare to Jonesboro overall?
Emerald Hills scores 0.1 points lower than Jonesboro overall (5.1/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 42% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Emerald Hills residents are renters?
22% of Emerald Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Jonesboro). The neighborhood has 5,775 residents.
Q4
Is Emerald Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Emerald Hills sits in the 76th 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.
Q5
How safe is Emerald Hills for landlords?
Emerald Hills 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 Jonesboro as a whole (5.1/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Emerald Hills?
Emerald Hills has 6,143 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (68.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (12.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
