Marietta Eviction Risk: Moderate

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 28.1% against 17.8% nationally.

It sits 1.0 points above the Cobb County average of 3.9. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,494, close to the Marietta average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $68,485.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.