3 census tracts · pop 10,678 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 3.9–5.7
West Rome is a 3-tract neighborhood of Rome, GA and houses 10,678 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Rome baseline of 31.2%, 60% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.9 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.8/10. 21.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The filing record is not thin: 611 evictions logged in this tract.
Food insecurity affects 26.9% of adults, 9.1 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 16.7% of renter households. That places it #5 of 9 neighborhoods in Rome.
Judgments average 6.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Fair Oaks and Atlanta Junction score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
West Rome vs RomeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in West Rome
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
611Total filings (sum)
15.76%Avg annual filing rate
16.7%Peak year (2016)
16.65%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in West Rome
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.9%Housing insecurity
13.5%Utility shutoff threat
27.4%Food insecurity
23.0%SNAP enrollment
21.9%No health insurance
38.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About West Rome
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for West Rome?
West Rome scores 4.9/10 (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 West Rome compare to Rome overall?
West Rome scores 0.6 points higher than Rome overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,063 vs $1,032.
Q3
What is the average rent in West Rome?
Average gross rent in West Rome eviction risk is $1,063/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of West Rome residents are renters?
57% of West Rome households are renter-occupied (vs 51% in Rome). The neighborhood has 10,678 residents.
Q5
Is West Rome a high social-vulnerability area?
West Rome sits in the 83rd 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 West Rome have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in West Rome is census tract 13115000500 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 5.7, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is West Rome for landlords?
West Rome eviction risk carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of West Rome?
West Rome has 10,344 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42.8%), Hispanic / Latino (29.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
