Highland Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Augusta

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.2/10. 22% 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. SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Richmond County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 99 filings here across 9 tracked years. At $970 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Augusta commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2004, when 4.9% of renter households were served. 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.