Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Tifton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13277960900 · Tift County, GA · pop 3,389 · 0% of tract blocks fall in Tifton
13277960900 is a census tract in Tifton, GA. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,389 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,349
Renter share22.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$57,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tifton and the region
Centroid at 31.3616, -83.4963 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tifton scores 4.2
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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$687 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 119Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.7%Peak (2016)
- 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 48% 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.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tifton
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10. 24% 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, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Against Tift County at 33.0%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 119 eviction filings across 4 observed years. At $687 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Tifton commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 11.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 11.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $57,292, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Tift County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13277960900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13277960900?
Census tract 13277960900 in Tifton scores 4.2/10 (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 13277960900?
Median gross rent is $687/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13277960900?
20.5% of residents in tract 13277960900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,389.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13277960900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 18th, minority 44th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13277960900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 13277960900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.96% of renter households, peaking at 11.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13277960900 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.4% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13277960900 compare to Tifton overall?
Tract 13277960900 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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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