Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13313000501 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 4,710 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

Census tract 13313000501 covers part of Dalton, GA, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,710. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 33% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,724

Renter share44.1%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate18.0%

Median income$56,165

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.8312, -85.0036 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 4.7

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

18.0% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,045 rent vs county FMR

4.5

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: 83

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

71%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
91%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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
17.0%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
9.2%Transit barriers
15.3%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
30.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Whitfield County average of 35.7%.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Whitfield County average of 3.9.

On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,045, close to the Dalton average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $56,165. 44% 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 13313000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000501?

Census tract 13313000501 in Dalton scores 4.7/10 (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 13313000501?

Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000501?

18.0% of residents in tract 13313000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,710.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 70th, minority 65th, housing 91th.

What share of households in tract 13313000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313000501 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000501 scores 4.7/10, higher 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.