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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Buford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13139001607 · Hall County, GA · pop 6,147 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Buford

Tract 13139001607 sits in Buford, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. Population here is 6,147. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 11% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,809
Renter share16.0%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$81,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 11 tracts In Buford
Moderate
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 50 tracts In Hall County
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#1,080 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Buford and the region

Centroid at 34.1483, -83.9551 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buford scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Buford
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,725 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 / state4.4This tracttract 0016074.0Bufordparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 55Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 32.02%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.0%Peak (2003)
  • 55Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Hall County average of 44.6%. Average gross rent is $1,725, 27% above the Buford average.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 filings here across 1 tracked years. The voucher gap is 14.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2003 at 32.0% of renter households.

In a typical year about 32.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 16% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Hall County average of 4.3 closely.

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 13139001607

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13139001607?

Census tract 13139001607 in Buford scores 4.4/10 (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 13139001607?

Median gross rent is $1,725/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13139001607?

17.0% of residents in tract 13139001607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,147.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13139001607?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 80th, minority 51th, housing 23th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13139001607?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13139001607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.02% of renter households, peaking at 32.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13139001607 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13139001607 compare to Buford overall?

Tract 13139001607 scores 4.4/10, 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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