1 census tracts · pop 5,240 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Forest East is a one-tract neighborhood of Lawrenceville, GA and houses 5,240 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Against a Lawrenceville baseline of 37.1%, 56% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Severe burden reaches 34%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10.
On the high side is housing-court posture at 8/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The filing record is not thin: 1,083 evictions logged in this tract.
20.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 18.0% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 16.2% in 2016 against a 18.0% peak. At $1,486 a month, rents sit 8% under what the rest of Lawrenceville commands. That places it #1 of 17 neighborhoods in Lawrenceville.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Forest East vs LawrencevilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport94%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest East
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,083Total filings (sum)
15.59%Avg annual filing rate
18.0%Peak year (2015)
16.24%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
612Total filings 2020-21
8.1Avg monthly observed
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Atlanta, GA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest East
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.6%Housing insecurity
11.6%Utility shutoff threat
22.9%Food insecurity
18.3%SNAP enrollment
20.5%No health insurance
32.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest East
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest East?
Forest East scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Forest East compare to Lawrenceville overall?
Forest East scores 1.4 points higher than Lawrenceville overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,486 vs $1,613.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest East?
Average gross rent in Forest East is $1,486/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest East residents are renters?
50% of Forest East households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Lawrenceville). The neighborhood has 5,240 residents.
Q5
Is Forest East a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest East sits in the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Forest East for landlords?
Forest East carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lawrenceville as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest East?
Forest East has 5,297 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (29.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (28.6%), Hispanic / Latino (21.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
