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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Buford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13135050110 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 6,478 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Buford

13135050110 is a census tract in Buford, GA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 67%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 5% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,879
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$105,647

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Buford
Very High
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 220 tracts In Gwinnett County
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#681 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Buford and the region

Centroid at 34.1413, -84.0259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buford scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,841 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Buford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Buford risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0501104.0Bufordparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 183Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

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 Buford

Cost burden runs 79% here against 52.0% across Gwinnett County. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

At $1,841 a month, rents run 36% over what the rest of Buford commands. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. Against the Gwinnett County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $105,647.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13135050110

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050110?

Census tract 13135050110 in Buford scores 5/10 (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 13135050110?

Median gross rent is $1,841/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050110?

23.0% of residents in tract 13135050110 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,478.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050110?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 58th, minority 67th, housing 5th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13135050110 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.2% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13135050110 compare to Buford overall?

Tract 13135050110 scores 5/10, 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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