Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Smoketree Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13135050445 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 3,227 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 13135050445 covers Smoketree in Gwinnett in Georgia. Home to 3,227 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
77% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,656 a month while the average household earns $37,515 a year, roughly 53% of income at the averages. About 87% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 67%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,471
Renter share87.1%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$37,515
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gwinnett County and the region
Centroid at 33.8942, -84.2040 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smoketree scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,656 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Smoketree compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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)
- 934Total filings 2020-21
- 12.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to 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
Within Smoketree. 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.
- 35.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.3%Food insecurity
- 34.0%SNAP enrollment
- 21.1%Transit barriers
- 44.1%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smoketree
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Georgia eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Gwinnett County average of 5.8 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 35.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13135050445
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050445?
Census tract 13135050445 in the Smoketree neighborhood 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 13135050445?
Median gross rent is $1,656/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050445?
20.1% of residents in tract 13135050445 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,227.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050445?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 72th, minority 93th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 13135050445 considered part of Smoketree?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050445 fall within Smoketree (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13135050445 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.0% 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. 19.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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