3 census tracts · pop 11,597 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.2/10
· range 3.5–4.7
Fair Oaks spans 3 census tracts of Rome, GA, population 11,597. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.2/10, Moderate tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. 16% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.5 to 4.7, a 1.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.8/10. Against a Rome baseline of 31.2%, 36% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The filing record is not thin: 604 evictions logged in this tract. 20.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 25.3% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 15.2% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Rome, it ranks #6 by risk, the lower third.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Fair Oaks vs RomeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fair Oaks
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
604Total filings (sum)
18.65%Avg annual filing rate
25.3%Peak year (2014)
15.16%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fair Oaks
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.9%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility shutoff threat
24.1%Food insecurity
18.6%SNAP enrollment
20.4%No health insurance
36.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fair Oaks
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fair Oaks?
Fair Oaks scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fair Oaks compare to Rome overall?
Fair Oaks scores 0.1 points lower than Rome overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,031 vs $1,032.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fair Oaks?
Average gross rent in Fair Oaks is $1,031/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fair Oaks residents are renters?
42% of Fair Oaks households are renter-occupied (vs 51% in Rome). The neighborhood has 11,597 residents.
Q5
Is Fair Oaks a high social-vulnerability area?
Fair Oaks sits in the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fair Oaks have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fair Oaks is census tract 13115001302 (score 4.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 4.7, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Fair Oaks for landlords?
Fair Oaks carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.2/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Rome as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fair Oaks?
Fair Oaks has 11,886 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47.1%), Hispanic / Latino (35.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
