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Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Gainesville Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 13139001202 · Hall County, GA · pop 6,908 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Gainesville

Census tract 13139001202 covers part of Gainesville, GA, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,908. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,658
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$65,603

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 26 tracts In Gainesville
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 50 tracts In Hall County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
National
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18,163 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 34.2251, -83.7514 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gainesville 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
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,261 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Gainesville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gainesville risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0012024.6Gainesvilleparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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)

  • 54Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 15.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.9%Peak (2003)
  • 54Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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 Gainesville

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 33.1% against 11.3% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Hall County average of 4.3.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 54 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 15.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 15.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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 13139001202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13139001202?

Census tract 13139001202 in Gainesville 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 13139001202?

Median gross rent is $1,261/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13139001202?

26.9% of residents in tract 13139001202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,908.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13139001202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 68th, minority 83th, housing 52th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13139001202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13139001202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.91% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13139001202 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.1% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13139001202 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 13139001202 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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