1 census tracts · pop 5,551 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Westside is a one-tract neighborhood of Gainesville, GA and houses 5,551 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 38.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 51.0% of adults, 33.2 points above the national rate. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. This is a renter market: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Cost burden runs 45% against 34.5% citywide, putting Westside 10.1% over its own city. 22% 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.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 66 evictions logged in this tract.
Average gross rent is $1,094, 16% below the Gainesville average of $1,299. Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 6.9% of renter households. Among the 21 mapped neighborhoods of Gainesville, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 3.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Westside vs GainesvilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport100%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Westside
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
66Total filings (sum)
6.87%Avg annual filing rate
6.9%Peak year (2003)
6.87%Latest filed (2003)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Westside
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
38.1%Housing insecurity
21.9%Utility shutoff threat
51.0%Food insecurity
40.4%SNAP enrollment
47.9%No health insurance
45.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Westside
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Westside?
Westside scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 Westside compare to Gainesville overall?
Westside scores 1.4 points higher than Gainesville overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,094 vs $1,299.
Q3
What is the average rent in Westside?
Average gross rent in Westside is $1,094/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Westside residents are renters?
84% of Westside households are renter-occupied (vs 61% in Gainesville). The neighborhood has 5,551 residents.
Q5
Is Westside a high social-vulnerability area?
Westside sits in the 99th 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 Westside for landlords?
Westside carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). 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 Westside?
Westside has 5,839 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (78.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10%), White (non-Hispanic) (7.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
