Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Dakota Mill Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Buford
Tract 13135050634 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 6,518 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
13135050634 is a census tract in the Dakota Mill Creek area of Buford, GA. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,518 residents. Severe burden reaches 51%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,081
Renter share32.5%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$71,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buford and the region
Centroid at 34.0762, -83.9580 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dakota Mill Creek scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buford
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,986 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buford
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buford
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buford
6.2
How Dakota Mill Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 284Total filings 2020-21
- 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Dakota Mill Creek. 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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dakota Mill Creek
Average gross rent is $1,986, 46% above the Buford average. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Against Gwinnett County at 52.0%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Set annual rent against average income of $71,625 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Gwinnett County average of 4.1 closely.
32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 13135050634
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050634?
Census tract 13135050634 in the Dakota Mill Creek neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 13135050634?
Median gross rent is $1,986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050634?
11.4% of residents in tract 13135050634 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,518.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050634?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 82th, minority 81th, housing 2th.
Q5
Is tract 13135050634 considered part of Dakota Mill Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050634 fall within Dakota Mill Creek (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13135050634 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13135050634 compare to Buford overall?
Tract 13135050634 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Buford at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Buford
Top eight tracts in Buford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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13135050111
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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Pebble Brook
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
Woodbriar East
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13135050631
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13139001607
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13135050113
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
Dakota Mill Creek
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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