Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13067031121 · Cobb County, GA · pop 2,426 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Smyrna
Census tract 13067031121 covers Smyrna, home to 2,426 residents. For landlords it grades 6.2/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 81st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,653 a month while the average household earns $70,858 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,508
Renter share63.1%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$70,858
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 33.8944, -84.4980 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna scores 2.7
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,653 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,334Total filings 2020-21
- 17.6Avg 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
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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 20.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smyrna
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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 13067031121
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13067031121?
Census tract 13067031121 in Smyrna scores 2.7/10 (Lower 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 13067031121?
Median gross rent is $1,653/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13067031121?
6.9% of residents in tract 13067031121 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,426.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13067031121?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 41th, minority 80th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13067031121 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13067031121 compare to Smyrna overall?
Tract 13067031121 scores 2.7/10, right in line with 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.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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2.8
/ 10 · Low
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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