Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Cornelia Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13137000400 · Habersham County, GA · pop 4,989 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Cornelia
Cornelia in Habersham County is where census tract 13137000400 sits, home to 4,989 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $926 monthly, set against $81,550 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,740
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$81,550
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cornelia and the region
Centroid at 34.5403, -83.4700 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cornelia scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cornelia
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cornelia
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cornelia
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cornelia
8.6
How Cornelia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 10Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2004)
- 10Filings in 2004 (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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cornelia
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 8.6/10. 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 Cornelia, 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 in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 13137000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000400?
Census tract 13137000400 in Cornelia scores 3.8/10 (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 13137000400?
Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000400?
13.0% of residents in tract 13137000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,989.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 76th, minority 51th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13137000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13137000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.83% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13137000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13137000400 compare to Cornelia overall?
Tract 13137000400 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Cornelia at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cornelia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cornelia
Top eight tracts in Cornelia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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