Gainesville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13139001202 · Hall County, GA · pop 6,908 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Gainesville
Eviction risk in Gainesville eviction risk centers on tract 13139001202, which scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 6,908 residents. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,261 a month while the average household earns $65,603 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Gainesville and the region
Centroid at 34.2251, -83.7514 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gainesville scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Gainesville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.2%Food insecurity
- 22.2%SNAP enrollment
- 15.1%Transit barriers
- 33.1%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Gainesville
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 75th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 54 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 15.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.9% of renter households in 2003.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 13139001202
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Highest-risk tracts in Gainesville
Top eight tracts in Gainesville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.