Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13313000402 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 1,655 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

With a score of 3.4/10, tract 13313000402 in Dalton, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,655 residents. Against Whitfield County at 35.7%, roughly one in eight of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 50% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units523

Renter share56.4%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate0.0%

Median income$50,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.7930, -84.9087 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 3.4

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

0.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$930 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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: 59

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

45%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
58%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.

22.1%Housing insecurity
13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
29.4%Food insecurity
22.9%SNAP enrollment
14.2%Transit barriers
28.8%No health insurance
19.4%Frequent mental distress
36.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 29.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 22.9% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler. It tracks the Whitfield County average of 3.9 closely.

Average gross rent is $930, close to the Dalton average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $50,313. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13313000402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000402?

Census tract 13313000402 in Dalton scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 13313000402?

Median gross rent is $930/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000402?

0.0% of residents in tract 13313000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,655.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 67th, minority 71th, housing 58th.

What share of households in tract 13313000402 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313000402 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000402 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Dalton at 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.