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Fairfax Eviction Risk: Lower , Lithia Springs

Tract 13097080203 · Douglas County, GA · pop 6,551 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 13097080203 covers the Fairfax neighborhood of Lithia Springs in Georgia. Home to 6,551 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,549 a month against an average household income of $85,639 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 23% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,210
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$85,639

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fairfax
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Lithia Springs
Low
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 31 tracts In Douglas County
Elevated
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#1,413 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lithia Springs and the region

Centroid at 33.7532, -84.6739 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairfax scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lithia Springs
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lithia Springs
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lithia Springs
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lithia Springs
7.8

How Fairfax compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairfax risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 080203Lithia Springs: 2.62.6Lithia Springsparent cityCounty: 3.23.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairfax

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Lithia Springs, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Douglas County average of 5.8 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 75th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 13097080203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13097080203?

Census tract 13097080203 in the Fairfax neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 13097080203?

Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13097080203?

12.2% of residents in tract 13097080203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,551.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13097080203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 43th, minority 79th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 13097080203 considered part of Fairfax?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13097080203 fall within Fairfax (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13097080203 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.5% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13097080203 compare to Lithia Springs overall?

Tract 13097080203 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lithia Springs at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lithia Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lithia Springs

Top eight tracts in Lithia Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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