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Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Buford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13135050113 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 6,701 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Buford

13135050113 is a census tract in Buford, GA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,701 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 14% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,925
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$72,610

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 11 tracts In Buford
Low
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#108 of 220 tracts In Gwinnett County
Moderate
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#1,345 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Buford and the region

Centroid at 34.0709, -84.0080 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buford scores 4

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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,826 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 / state4.0This tracttract 0501134.0Bufordparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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)

  • 852Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.2Avg 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

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Gwinnett County at 52.0%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,826, 35% above the Buford average.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.4% against 11.3% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Gwinnett County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $72,610.

39% 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 13135050113

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050113?

Census tract 13135050113 in Buford scores 4/10 (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 13135050113?

Median gross rent is $1,826/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050113?

5.7% of residents in tract 13135050113 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,701.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050113?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 55th, minority 78th, housing 75th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13135050113 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13135050113 compare to Buford overall?

Tract 13135050113 scores 4/10, right in line with 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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