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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Lanier Valley Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gainesville

Tract 13139001004 · Hall County, GA · pop 3,372 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 13139001004 sits in the Lanier Valley area of Gainesville eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 3,372. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 33% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,300
Renter share66.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$63,246

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lanier Valley
Moderate
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 26 tracts In Gainesville
Very High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 50 tracts In Hall County
High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 34.3021, -83.8767 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lanier Valley scores 6

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
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,580 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Lanier Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lanier Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0010044.6Gainesvilleparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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)

  • 85Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 14.89%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.9%Peak (2003)
  • 85Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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 Lanier Valley

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the Hall County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,580, 22% above the Gainesville average. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 44.6% across Hall County.

The filing record is not thin: 85 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2003, when 14.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 14.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13139001004

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13139001004?

Census tract 13139001004 in the Lanier Valley neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 13139001004?

Median gross rent is $1,580/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13139001004?

24.0% of residents in tract 13139001004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,372.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13139001004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 70th, minority 67th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 13139001004 considered part of Lanier Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13139001004 fall within Lanier Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13139001004?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13139001004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.89% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13139001004 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.6% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13139001004 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 13139001004 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Gainesville at 4.6/10. 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.

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