Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Cornelia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13137000604 · Habersham County, GA · pop 4,931 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Cornelia
Census tract 13137000604 belongs to Cornelia in Habersham County, Georgia. It is home to 4,931 residents and scores 6.5/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 69% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $945 monthly, set against $40,991 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.9
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 county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cornelia and the region
Centroid at 34.5035, -83.5465 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cornelia scores 5.9
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.1%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.4%Transit barriers
- 27.7%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cornelia
The heaviest input here is 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 above the Habersham County average of 5.1 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 20.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13137000604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000604?
Census tract 13137000604 in Cornelia scores 5.9/10 (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 5.9/10, 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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