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Neighborhood · Gainesville, GA

Tumlin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 4,775 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10 · range 5.1–5.1

Tumlin Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Gainesville, GA, population 4,775. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 48% against 34.5% citywide, putting Tumlin Heights 13.8% over its own city.

40.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. Food insecurity affects 34.8% of adults, 17.0 points above the national rate.

18% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 14 evictions logged in this tract.

The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The worst year on record was 2003, when filings touched 4.7% of renter households.

That places it #10 of 21 neighborhoods in Gainesville. Judgments average 2.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Against average income of $80,099, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion. Average gross rent runs $1,319, close to the Gainesville average.

One tract means one number: 5.1/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Tumlin Heights vs Gainesville How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
48.3% +40%
Gainesville: 34.5%
Average gross rent
$1,319 +2%
Gainesville: $1,299
Average HH income
$80,099 +24%
Gainesville: $64,636
Poverty rate
17.6% -10%
Gainesville: 19.6%
Renter share
45.0% -26%
Gainesville: 60.8%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Tumlin Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.1–5.1

Why Tumlin Heights scores 5.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 2.8–2.8 across tracts
2.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.6–3.6 across tracts
3.6
Rent control risk
48% of income on rent · Range 7.9–7.9 across tracts
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
45% renter households · Range 9.6–9.6 across tracts
9.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.9–7.9 across tracts
7.9
Economic stress
17.6% below poverty line · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.8–3.8 across tracts
3.8
Risk score comparison

Tumlin Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Tumlin Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.1Tumlin HeightsNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Tumlin Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
13139001102 5.1 4,775 48% $1,319
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 83

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 87%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 76%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Tumlin Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 14Total filings (sum)
  • 4.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak year (2003)
  • 4.73%Latest filed (2003)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Tumlin Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Tumlin Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Tumlin Heights?

Tumlin Heights scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Tumlin Heights compare to Gainesville overall?

Tumlin Heights scores 0.5 points higher than Gainesville overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,319 vs $1,299.
Q3

What is the average rent in Tumlin Heights?

Average gross rent in Tumlin Heights is $1,319/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Tumlin Heights residents are renters?

45% of Tumlin Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 61% in Gainesville). The neighborhood has 4,775 residents.
Q5

Is Tumlin Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Tumlin Heights sits in the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Tumlin Heights for landlords?

Tumlin Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Gainesville as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Tumlin Heights?

Tumlin Heights has 4,439 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (82.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (2.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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