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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Cornelia Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13137000604 · Habersham County, GA · pop 4,931 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Cornelia

Tract 13137000604 sits in Cornelia, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 4,931. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Habersham County average of 35.3%.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 15% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,697
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate31.7%
Median income$40,991

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Cornelia
Moderate
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Habersham County
Very High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#352 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cornelia and the region

Centroid at 34.5035, -83.5465 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cornelia scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
31.7% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$945 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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.
Cornelia risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0006044.1Corneliaparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cornelia

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is housing-court posture at 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Adults with no health insurance runs 27.7% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Against the Habersham County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.

On the softer side, regional political climate reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $945, close to the Cornelia average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13137000604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000604?

Census tract 13137000604 in Cornelia scores 5.5/10 (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 13137000604?

Median gross rent is $945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000604?

31.7% of residents in tract 13137000604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,931.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 94th, minority 73th, housing 97th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13137000604 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.4% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13137000604 compare to Cornelia overall?

Tract 13137000604 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Cornelia at 4.1/10. 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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