5 census tracts · pop 12,718 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10
· range 4.3–7.3
Elmwood spans 5 census tracts of College Park, GA, population 12,718. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.5/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 32.5% citywide, putting Elmwood 14.7% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.3 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.4/10.
19% 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. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Court records carry 4,362 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 21.7% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. 15.0% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 34.6% of renter households. At $1,123 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of College Park commands. That places it #2 of 4 neighborhoods in College Park.
Judgments average 3.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Jamestown Court and Park Place South score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3 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
6.5
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Elmwood vs College ParkHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Elmwood
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,362Total filings (sum)
25.31%Avg annual filing rate
34.6%Peak year (2016)
27.23%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
3,303Total filings 2020-21
11.7Avg monthly observed
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Atlanta, GA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Elmwood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.8%Housing insecurity
15.2%Utility shutoff threat
25.9%Food insecurity
23.4%SNAP enrollment
14.8%No health insurance
32.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Elmwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Elmwood?
Elmwood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Elmwood compare to College Park overall?
Elmwood scores 0.6 points higher than College Park overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,123 vs $1,207.
Q3
What is the average rent in Elmwood?
Average gross rent in Elmwood is $1,123/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Elmwood residents are renters?
57% of Elmwood households are renter-occupied (vs 79% in College Park). The neighborhood has 12,718 residents.
Q5
Is Elmwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Elmwood sits in the 77th 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 Elmwood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Elmwood is census tract 13121010601 (score 7.3/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.3 to 7.3, a spread of 3 points.
Q7
How safe is Elmwood for landlords?
Elmwood carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to College Park as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Elmwood?
Elmwood has 12,402 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (58.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (21.2%), Hispanic / Latino (14.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
