Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Green Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gainesville

Tract 13139001008 · Hall County, GA · pop 3,707 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Eviction risk in Green Hills in Gainesville centers on tract 13139001008, which scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,707 residents. That is riskier than about 89% of US census tracts.

About 51% 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 rent runs $1,084 a month against an average household income of $42,500 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 35% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units1,324

Renter share72.4%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate31.3%

Median income$42,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 34.2915, -83.8478 · click any tract to drill in

Why Green Hills scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gainesville

3.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.8

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

31.3% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$1,084 rent vs county FMR

2.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gainesville

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gainesville

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gainesville

7.9

How Green Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

99%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
99%Housing & transportation

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.

33.5%Housing insecurity
19.3%Utility-shutoff threat
45.1%Food insecurity
35.6%SNAP enrollment
21.6%Transit barriers
41.6%No health insurance
22.0%Frequent mental distress
44.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Green Hills

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Gainesville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hall County average of 5.6 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 33.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 13139001008

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13139001008?

Census tract 13139001008 in the Green Hills neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13139001008?

Median gross rent is $1,084/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13139001008?

31.3% of residents in tract 13139001008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,707.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13139001008?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 81th, minority 86th, housing 99th.

Is tract 13139001008 considered part of Green Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13139001008 fall within Green Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13139001008 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.5% 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. 19.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13139001008 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 13139001008 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Gainesville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gainesville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gainesville

Top eight tracts in Gainesville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.