Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Tifton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13277960700 · Tift County, GA · pop 4,637 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Tifton
13277960700 is a census tract in Tifton, GA. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,637 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,019
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$50,414
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tifton and the region
Centroid at 31.4515, -83.5506 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tifton scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tifton
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$697 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tifton
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tifton
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tifton
6.9
How Tifton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
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)
- 534Total filings over 4 yrs
- 15.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.0%Peak (2013)
- 130Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 4 months.
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.
- 20.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 15.6%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tifton
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
Cost burden runs 42% here against 33.0% across Tift County. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 534 evictions over 4 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally.
At $697 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Tifton commands. The worst year on record was 2013, when 20.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 15.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $50,414, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13277960700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13277960700?
Census tract 13277960700 in Tifton scores 4.4/10 (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 13277960700?
Median gross rent is $697/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13277960700?
20.8% of residents in tract 13277960700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13277960700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 40th, minority 80th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13277960700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 534 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 13277960700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.45% of renter households, peaking at 20.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13277960700 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.7% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13277960700 compare to Tifton overall?
Tract 13277960700 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Tifton at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tifton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tifton
Top eight tracts in Tifton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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