Sterling Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Augusta
Tract 13245010108 · Richmond County, GA · pop 1,069 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
The Sterling Heights area of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) anchors census tract 13245010108, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,126 a month against an average household income of $49,497 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Augusta and the region
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Why Sterling Heights scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Sterling Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sterling Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 20.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.4%Food insecurity
- 17.7%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Sterling Heights
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Augusta eviction risk-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Richmond County average of 5.8 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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