Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Jefferson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13157010706 · Jackson County, GA · pop 4,023 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Jefferson
How risky is Jefferson for landlords? Census tract 13157010706 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $682 a month while the average household earns $102,788 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,371
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$102,788
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jefferson and the region
Centroid at 34.1008, -83.5872 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jefferson scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jefferson
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$682 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jefferson
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jefferson
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jefferson
4.8
How Jefferson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jefferson
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.2/10. 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 Jefferson, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jackson County average of 4.8 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13157010706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13157010706?
Census tract 13157010706 in Jefferson scores 2.3/10 (Lower 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 13157010706?
Median gross rent is $682/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13157010706?
11.3% of residents in tract 13157010706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13157010706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 75th, minority 57th, housing 34th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13157010706 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13157010706 compare to Jefferson overall?
Tract 13157010706 scores 2.3/10, higher than the parent city of Jefferson at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jefferson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Jefferson
Top eight tracts in Jefferson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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