Tract 13215003302 ·
Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,129 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
13215003302 is a census tract in the Esquiline Heights area of Columbus, GA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%Stable renters 28%Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units789
Renter share56.9%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$29,712
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Esquiline Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
85th percentile
#10 of 59 tracts In Columbus
High
Within county
85th percentile
#10 of 59 tracts In Muscogee County
High
Within state
76th percentile
#681 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 32.4210, -84.9362 · click any tract to drill in
Why Esquiline Heights scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Columbus
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$772 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
3.0
How Esquiline Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
99%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
62%Housing & transportation
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.
35.0%Housing insecurity
27.4%Utility-shutoff threat
48.4%Food insecurity
50.8%SNAP enrollment
24.6%Transit barriers
23.7%No health insurance
22.9%Frequent mental distress
48.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Esquiline Heights
Food insecurity runs 48.4% against 17.8% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $772 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Columbus commands.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10.
Against Muscogee County at 44.6%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Muscogee County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13215003302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215003302?
Census tract 13215003302 in the Esquiline Heights neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 13215003302?
Median gross rent is $772/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13215003302?
24.6% of residents in tract 13215003302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,129.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13215003302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 93th, minority 88th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 13215003302 considered part of Esquiline Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215003302 fall within Esquiline Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13215003302 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.0% 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. 27.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13215003302 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 13215003302 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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