Buford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13139001607 · Hall County, GA · pop 6,147 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Buford
Here is how census tract 13139001607, in Buford in Hall County, looks to a landlord: a 5.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 6,147. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,725 a month while the average household earns $81,719 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Buford and the region
Centroid at 34.1483, -83.9551 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buford scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Buford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
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)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Buford
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Buford, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hall County average of 5.6 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 32.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 32.0% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 13139001607
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Highest-risk tracts in Buford
Top eight tracts in Buford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.