Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Demorest Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13137000502 · Habersham County, GA · pop 6,027 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Demorest
How risky is Demorest for landlords? Census tract 13137000502 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,017 a month against an average household income of $64,417 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$64,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Demorest and the region
Centroid at 34.5654, -83.5389 · click any tract to drill in
Why Demorest scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Demorest
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,017 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Demorest
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Demorest
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Demorest
3.9
How Demorest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Demorest
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Demorest, 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 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 73rd 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 13137000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000502?
Census tract 13137000502 in Demorest scores 3.3/10 (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 13137000502?
Median gross rent is $1,017/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000502?
10.7% of residents in tract 13137000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,027.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 74th, minority 27th, housing 89th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13137000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13137000502 compare to Demorest overall?
Tract 13137000502 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Demorest at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Demorest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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