Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
St. Simons Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13127000201 · Glynn County, GA · pop 1,701
With a score of 3/10, tract 13127000201 in St. Simons, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share20.9%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$104,653
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Simons and the region
Centroid at 31.1740, -81.3674 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Simons scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Simons
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,434 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Simons
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Simons
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Simons
1.1
How St. Simons compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Simons
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Glynn County average of 36.3%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1/10.
At $1,434 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of St. Simons commands. It sits 1.2 points below the Glynn County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally.
The voucher gap is 13.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10.
Against average income of $104,653, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13127000201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13127000201?
Census tract 13127000201 in St. Simons scores 3/10 (Lower 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 13127000201?
Median gross rent is $1,434/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13127000201?
4.1% of residents in tract 13127000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,701.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13127000201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 5th, minority 0th, housing 5th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13127000201 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13127000201 compare to St. Simons overall?
Tract 13127000201 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Simons at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Simons; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Simons
Top eight tracts in St. Simons ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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