Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Nicholson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13157010500 · Jackson County, GA · pop 5,423 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Nicholson
Nicholson in Jackson County is where census tract 13157010500 sits, home to 5,423 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.1/10. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,067 monthly, set against $57,405 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,843
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$57,405
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nicholson and the region
Centroid at 34.0937, -83.4165 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nicholson scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nicholson
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nicholson
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nicholson
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nicholson
5.5
How Nicholson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nicholson
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. 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 Nicholson, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 72nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13157010500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13157010500?
Census tract 13157010500 in Nicholson scores 3.2/10 (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 13157010500?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13157010500?
11.0% of residents in tract 13157010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,423.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13157010500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 77th, minority 37th, housing 59th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13157010500 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13157010500 compare to Nicholson overall?
Tract 13157010500 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Nicholson at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nicholson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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