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North Highlands Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 13215011400 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,400 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

13215011400 is a census tract in the North Highlands area of Columbus, GA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,400. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.7/10.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 50% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units793

Renter share71.5%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate38.9%

Median income$42,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.5020, -84.9894 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Highlands 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

38.9% poverty · this tract

9.7

Supply constraint

$880 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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 North Highlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

98%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
78%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
18%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

26.2%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
35.5%Food insecurity
34.4%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
22.9%No health insurance
24.2%Frequent mental distress
43.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Highlands

Cost burden runs 31% here against 44.6% across Muscogee County. The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 34.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

Housing insecurity runs 26.2% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $880, 20% below the Columbus average.

Against the Muscogee County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13215011400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215011400?

Census tract 13215011400 in the North Highlands 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.

What is the average rent in tract 13215011400?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215011400?

38.9% of residents in tract 13215011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,400.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215011400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 82th, minority 66th, housing 78th.

Is tract 13215011400 considered part of North Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215011400 fall within North Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215011400 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.2% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215011400 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215011400 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.

Was tract 13215011400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 18% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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