Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13067031004 · Cobb County, GA · pop 8,837 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 13067031004 belongs to the Smyrna Grove area of Smyrna, Georgia. It is home to 8,837 residents and scores 6.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,315 monthly, set against $49,449 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units3,004
Renter share64.9%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$49,449
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 33.8930, -84.5560 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna Grove scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smyrna
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,315 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smyrna
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smyrna
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smyrna
5.5
How Smyrna Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 290Total filings over 1 yrs
- 14.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2016)
- 290Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,663Total filings 2020-21
- 21.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Smyrna Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 28.1%Housing insecurity
- 18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.2%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 17.7%Transit barriers
- 27.3%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smyrna Grove
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Smyrna eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cobb County average of 5.5 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13067031004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13067031004?
Census tract 13067031004 in the Smyrna Grove neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 13067031004?
Median gross rent is $1,315/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13067031004?
17.7% of residents in tract 13067031004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,837.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13067031004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 98th, minority 87th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 13067031004 considered part of Smyrna Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13067031004 fall within Smyrna Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13067031004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 290 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13067031004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.09% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13067031004 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.1% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13067031004 compare to Smyrna overall?
Tract 13067031004 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Smyrna at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smyrna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smyrna
Top eight tracts in Smyrna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · GA
Smyrna Grove
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Gilmore
3.2
/ 10 · Low
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The Battery Atlanta
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
Smyrna Grove
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
Smyrna Grove
2.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
13067031121
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
Smyrna Grove
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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The Battery Atlanta
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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