Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13313000401 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 7,106 · 74% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

Census tract 13313000401 runs through Dalton. With 7,106 residents, it scores 6.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $896 a month while the average household earns $59,946 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 20% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units2,051

Renter share49.3%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate27.0%

Median income$59,946

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.7920, -84.9480 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dalton

3.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.0

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

27.0% poverty · this tract

6.7

Supply constraint

$896 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dalton

4.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dalton

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dalton

6.2

How Dalton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

89%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
93%Housing & transportation

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.

25.5%Housing insecurity
13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
33.1%Food insecurity
23.4%SNAP enrollment
15.3%Transit barriers
35.1%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
37.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dalton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Whitfield County average of 5.2 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 25.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 13313000401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000401?

Census tract 13313000401 in Dalton scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13313000401?

Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000401?

27.0% of residents in tract 13313000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,106.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 97th, minority 87th, housing 93th.

What share of households in tract 13313000401 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.5% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313000401 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000401 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Dalton at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dalton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dalton

Top eight tracts in Dalton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.