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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Clayton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13241970202 · Rabun County, GA · pop 2,440 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Clayton

Census tract 13241970202 covers part of Clayton, GA, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 16% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,146
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$65,556

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Clayton
Very High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Rabun County
Elevated
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,273 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clayton and the region

Centroid at 34.9073, -83.2434 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clayton scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Clayton
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$943 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clayton
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clayton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clayton
6.4

How Clayton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clayton risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 9702024.0Claytonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 33Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2004)
  • 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13241970202
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clayton

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

On the softer side, regional political climate reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $943, 16% above the Clayton average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 filings here across 3 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $65,556, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

35% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Rabun County average of 3.8 closely. 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13241970202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13241970202?

Census tract 13241970202 in Clayton scores 4.1/10 (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 13241970202?

Median gross rent is $943/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13241970202?

17.1% of residents in tract 13241970202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,440.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13241970202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 42th, minority 8th, housing 47th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13241970202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 13241970202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13241970202 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13241970202 compare to Clayton overall?

Tract 13241970202 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Clayton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clayton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Clayton

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

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