2 census tracts · pop 3,826 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3–3.9
Sterling Heights is a 2-tract neighborhood of Augusta, GA, population 3,826. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. 29% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.2/10. Cost burden runs 43% against 32.9% citywide, putting Sterling Heights 9.7% over its own city.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.3/10. Court records for this tract carry 822 eviction filings. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Filing activity peaked in 2007 at 11.2% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 6.6% in 2010, is well off that peak.
That places it #21 of 30 neighborhoods in Augusta. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Its 2 tracts score within 0.9 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,194, close to the Augusta average.
54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Sterling Heights vs AugustaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sterling Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
822Total filings (sum)
8.56%Avg annual filing rate
11.2%Peak year (2007)
6.60%Latest filed (2010)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sterling Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
16.1%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility shutoff threat
17.1%Food insecurity
12.9%SNAP enrollment
10.8%No health insurance
26.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sterling Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sterling Heights?
Sterling Heights scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Sterling Heights compare to Augusta overall?
Sterling Heights scores 0.4 points lower than Augusta overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,194 vs $1,142.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sterling Heights?
Average gross rent in Sterling Heights is $1,194/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sterling Heights residents are renters?
54% of Sterling Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Augusta). The neighborhood has 3,826 residents.
Q5
Is Sterling Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Sterling Heights sits in the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Sterling Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sterling Heights is census tract 13245010108 (score 3.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.9, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Sterling Heights for landlords?
Sterling Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Augusta as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sterling Heights?
Sterling Heights has 3,642 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (45%), White (non-Hispanic) (43.8%), Hispanic / Latino (4.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
