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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Old East Rome Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13115000900 · Floyd County, GA · pop 2,463 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 13115000900 covers part of the Old East Rome area of Rome, GA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,463. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 23% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate32.0%
Median income$50,160

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Old East Rome
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 20 tracts In Rome
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 26 tracts In Floyd County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#210 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rome and the region

Centroid at 34.2353, -85.1466 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old East Rome scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rome
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
32.0% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rome
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rome
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rome
7.8

How Old East Rome compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old East Rome risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0009004.3Romeparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

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)

  • 197Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 7.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.9%Peak (2013)
  • 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13115000900
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Old East Rome. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old East Rome

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Floyd County average of 43.6%. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

Against the Floyd County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. At $825 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Rome commands.

The filing record is not thin: 197 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 11.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13115000900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13115000900?

Census tract 13115000900 in the Old East Rome neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 13115000900?

Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13115000900?

32.0% of residents in tract 13115000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,463.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13115000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 95th, minority 50th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 13115000900 considered part of Old East Rome?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13115000900 fall within Old East Rome (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13115000900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 197 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13115000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.91% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13115000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13115000900 compare to Rome overall?

Tract 13115000900 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Rome at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rome eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rome

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

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