Town and Country Eviction Risk: Lower , Augusta

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.2/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 59% here against 51.1% across Richmond County.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 1,211 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 28.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 21.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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