Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Clarkesville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13137000204 · Habersham County, GA · pop 1,671 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Clarkesville
How risky is Clarkesville for landlords? Census tract 13137000204 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,059 a month while the average household earns $86,467 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units539
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$86,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clarkesville and the region
Centroid at 34.6374, -83.5747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clarkesville scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clarkesville
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clarkesville
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clarkesville
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clarkesville
5.4
How Clarkesville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clarkesville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Clarkesville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Habersham County average of 5.1 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13137000204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000204?
Census tract 13137000204 in Clarkesville scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 13137000204?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000204?
18.9% of residents in tract 13137000204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 69th, minority 10th, housing 31th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13137000204 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13137000204 compare to Clarkesville overall?
Tract 13137000204 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Clarkesville at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clarkesville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clarkesville
Top eight tracts in Clarkesville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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