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Willett Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 13215003000 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,286 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 13215003000 sits in the Willett area of Columbus eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. It is home to 2,286 residents. The severe-burden share is 54%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 28% Owners 17%

Tract context

Occupied units1,116

Renter share83.5%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate61.9%

Median income$21,395

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4431, -84.9513 · 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

61.9% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$907 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

98%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
52%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
19%Grade C
0%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.

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.

39.4%Housing insecurity
32.9%Utility-shutoff threat
53.8%Food insecurity
57.7%SNAP enrollment
29.0%Transit barriers
26.5%No health insurance
24.3%Frequent mental distress
49.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willett

Cost burden runs 66% here against 44.6% across Muscogee County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Housing insecurity runs 39.4% against 14.2% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $21,395 and the ratio lands at 51%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 62%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.5% against 11.3% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. At $907 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Columbus commands.

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 C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 13215003000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215003000?

Census tract 13215003000 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.

What is the average rent in tract 13215003000?

Median gross rent is $907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215003000?

61.9% of residents in tract 13215003000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,286.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215003000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 97th, housing 52th.

Is tract 13215003000 considered part of Willett?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215003000 fall within Willett (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215003000 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.4% 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. 32.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215003000 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215003000 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 13215003000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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