Celanese Eviction Risk: Moderate , Rome

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.5 points above the Floyd County average of 4.2. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Floyd County average of 43.6%.

The filing record is not thin: 1,253 evictions over 5 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 26.8% of renter households.

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.