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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Willett Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 13215002700 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 3,515 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

13215002700 is a census tract in the Willett area of Columbus, GA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 46% Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,115
Renter share83.9%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate41.4%
Median income$37,534

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Willett
Very High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 59 tracts In Columbus
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 59 tracts In Muscogee County
Very High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#681 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4484, -84.9672 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willett 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
41.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$876 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 Willett compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willett risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0027003.6Columbusparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Willett. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willett

SNAP participation runs 50.7% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. At $876 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Columbus commands.

Adults with no health insurance runs 22.1% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Muscogee County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13215002700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215002700?

Census tract 13215002700 in the Willett 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 13215002700?

Median gross rent is $876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215002700?

41.4% of residents in tract 13215002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,515.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215002700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 68th, minority 97th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 13215002700 considered part of Willett?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215002700 fall within Willett (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13215002700 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.9% 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. 28.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13215002700 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215002700 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.
Q8

Was tract 13215002700 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. 15% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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